TY - BOOK AU - Vinu Narayan S K (92217028) TI - Colour identification module in VR therapy KW - VIRTUAL REALITY KW - AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER N1 - This is a pilot study to investigate the ability of a virtual reality based intervention to improve cognitive skill which can also help in the development of social and selfcare skills in children with autism. Autism is a behaviourally-dened condition, but is caused by a number of dierent known and unknown biologically based brain dysfunctions that aect the developing brain's ability to handle information. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Previous research supports that children with autism show decits in contextual processing, as well as decits in its elementary components: abstraction and cognitive exibility. Virtual Reality (VR) is dened as a simulation of the real world using computer graphics. The dening features of a VR program or application include interaction and immersion. Virtual reality facilitates learning in a safe environment enabling a gradual increase in the complexity of tasks approaching the conditions of real life. Many children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) nd it dicult to identify colours. This skill is particularly crucial because it involves development of other daily activities such as dierentiating colours, objects, understanding trac lights, etc. The purpose of this project is to examine whether children with ASD are capable of learning the skills needed to identify colours via a desktop coloured objects virtual environment (VE), and to determine whether these skills can be applied in their real life ER -