Table 5.

Virtual reality evaluations and innovations.

Author	Disorder	Aim
Cornwell et al [48]	Social anxiety	Evaluating the relationship between trait social anxiety and startle reactivity
Geuss et al [49]	Acrophobia	Assessing perceptual estimates and actions of gaps within VRa
Hartanto et al [50]	Social anxiety	Evaluating the efficacy of various social stressors within VR
Orman [51]	Performance anxiety	Assessing effects of VR exposure on performing musicians
Owens and Beidel [52]	Social anxiety	Evaluating the efficacy of VR stimuli for social anxiety VRETb
Park et al [53]	Social anxiety	Assess the virtual interactions of patients with schizophrenia with digital avatars
Pertaub et al [15]	Public speaking anxiety	Evaluate participant responses toward positive, negative, and static virtual audiences
Powers et al [54]	Social anxiety	Evaluate a VR-based interactive dialogue system to elicit the same level of fear from an in vivo conversation
Price et al [55]	Social phobia	Evaluate the importance of presence within VR as a predictor of treatment response for social anxiety VRET
Qu et al [56]	Social phobia	Evaluate the influence of virtual bystanders on the participant’s self-efficacy, anxiety, social evaluation, vicarious experience, and cognitive consistency
Regenbrecht et al [57]	Acrophobia	Assessing the relationship between presence and fear of heights within VR
Slater et al [58]	Social anxiety	Assessing the efficacy of low-fidelity VR on social anxiety VRET
Veling et al [59]	Social anxiety	Evaluate the effects of childhood trauma on social stress reactivity and psychopathology within VR

^aVR: virtual reality.

^bVRET: virtual reality exposure theory.