A Distributed Tool to Perform Dynamic Therapies for Social Cognitive Deficit Through Avatars

Patients suffering from Social Cognition Deficits have difficulties when trying to understand its interlocutor emotional status. In order to contribute to the treatment of this deficit, we have developed a distributed application to offer remote therapies and using the concept of avatars. By using this application, therapist embody avatars that convey their emotions, voices and gestures. Therefore, this application enables patient to recognize the avatars emotions which, in turn, are controlled by the therapist. For this aim, a distributed software has been developed along with different devices such as a Kinect v2 for motion tracking and a facial expression analyzer. Unity has been used for the development of this application to make this type of remote therapy possible.