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Article

Augmented Reality for Autistic Children to Enhance Their Understanding of Facial Expressions

by
Mohammad Wedyan
1,
Jannat Falah
1,
Ryan Alturki
2,
Irini Giannopulu
3,
Salsabeel F. M. Alfalah
4,
Omar Elshaweesh
5 and
Adel Al-Jumaily
6,7,*
1
Department of Autonomous Systems, Faculty of Artificial Intelligence, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt 19117, Jordan
2
Department of Information Science, College of Computer and Information Systems, Umm Al Qura University, P.O. Box 715, Makkah 21961, Saudi Arabia
3
ICAM (Interdisciplinary Centre for the Artificial Mind), FSD, Bond University, Robina, QLD 4226, Australia
4
Department of Computer Information Systems, King Abdullah II School of Information Technology, The University of Jordon, Amman 11942, Jordan
5
Department of Software Engineering, Information Technology Collage, AL-Hussein bin Talal University, Ma’an 71111, Jordan
6
School of Computing and Mathematics, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia
7
College of Computing, Fahad Bin Sultan University, Tabuk 47721, Saudi Arabia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2021, 5(8), 48; https://doi.org/10.3390/mti5080048
Submission received: 27 June 2021 / Revised: 4 August 2021 / Accepted: 9 August 2021 / Published: 23 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives on Augmented Reality)
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Abstract

Difficulty in understanding the feelings and behavior of other people is considered one of the main symptoms of autism. Computer technology has increasingly been used in interventions with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), especially augmented reality, to either treat or alleviate ASD symptomatology. Augmented reality is an engaging type of technology that helps children interact easily and understand and remember information, and it is not limited to one age group or level of education. This study utilized AR to display faces with six different basic facial expressions—happiness, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, and anger—to help children to recognize facial features and associate facial expressions with a simultaneous human condition. The most important point of this system is that children can interact with the system in a friendly and safe way. Additionally, our results showed the system enhanced social interactions, talking, and facial expressions for both autistic and typical children. Therefore, AR might have a significant upcoming role in talking about the therapeutic necessities of children with ASD. This paper presents evidence for the feasibility of one of the specialized AR systems.
Keywords: augmented reality; augmented reality prospects; autistic children; facial expressions; human computer interaction augmented reality; augmented reality prospects; autistic children; facial expressions; human computer interaction

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Wedyan, M.; Falah, J.; Alturki, R.; Giannopulu, I.; Alfalah, S.F.M.; Elshaweesh, O.; Al-Jumaily, A. Augmented Reality for Autistic Children to Enhance Their Understanding of Facial Expressions. Multimodal Technol. Interact. 2021, 5, 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti5080048

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Wedyan M, Falah J, Alturki R, Giannopulu I, Alfalah SFM, Elshaweesh O, Al-Jumaily A. Augmented Reality for Autistic Children to Enhance Their Understanding of Facial Expressions. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction. 2021; 5(8):48. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti5080048

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Wedyan, Mohammad, Jannat Falah, Ryan Alturki, Irini Giannopulu, Salsabeel F. M. Alfalah, Omar Elshaweesh, and Adel Al-Jumaily. 2021. "Augmented Reality for Autistic Children to Enhance Their Understanding of Facial Expressions" Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 5, no. 8: 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti5080048

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Wedyan, M., Falah, J., Alturki, R., Giannopulu, I., Alfalah, S. F. M., Elshaweesh, O., & Al-Jumaily, A. (2021). Augmented Reality for Autistic Children to Enhance Their Understanding of Facial Expressions. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 5(8), 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti5080048

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