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This work was supported by National Key RD Program of China (Grant No. 2016YFB1001403), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61972233, 6180070421), and Projects of Medical and Health Technology Development Program in Shandong Province (Grant No. 2018WSA08010)
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Figure 1
(Color online) Our mixed-reality aquarium and some courses for 2.5–5.5 years old children with ASD. (a) is a scenario of ASD children and therapists using our proposed system; (b) shows some examples of the courses based on the ASD children's cognition characteristics.