The virtual human breathing relaxation system

Sanobar Dar; Victoria Lush; Ulysses Bernardet

doi:10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876478

The virtual human breathing relaxation system

Sanobar Dar, Victoria Lush, Ulysses Bernardet

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Abstract

A number of health-related issues can be attributed to occupational and chronic stress. Interactive immersive Virtual Reality environments have been shown to be beneficial in healthcare and mental wellbeing by enabling effective interventions such as stress management and behavioural therapy. Our goal is to build an automated breathing relaxation system that is based on a closed-loop, implicit interaction and that harnesses known mechanisms of physiological synchrony found in human-human interaction. In this demo, we will show the Virtual Human Breathing Relaxation System where the user's breathing rhythm is influenced using an ecologically valid physiological signal, i.e.The breathing behaviour of a virtual human. By continuously adapting the virtual human's breathing rhythm the system aims to bring the participants breathing behaviour to a rhythm that allows them to feel more relaxed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2019 5th Experiment at International Conference, exp.at 2019
Editors	Alberto Cardoso, Maria Teresa Restivo
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	276-277
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728136370
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-3638-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EXPAT.2019.8876478
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2019
Event	5th Experiment at International Conference, exp.at 2019 - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal Duration: 12 Jun 2019 → 14 Jun 2019

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Conference	5th Experiment at International Conference, exp.at 2019
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Funchal, Madeira
Period	12/06/19 → 14/06/19

Keywords

Active Entrainment
Breathing Relaxation
Physiological Synchrony
Relaxation
Stress
Virtual Human
Virtual Reality.

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