Designing and Developing a Compacted Immersive Virtual Therapy Environment: RelaXRoom

Authors : Zeynep TAÇGIN

Pages : 462-469

Doi:10.31067/acusaglik.1084616

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Publication Date : 2023-07-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study represents RelaXRoom as an immersive virtual reality experience to offer the psychological and social support during and after the pandemic. RelaXRoom includes three main modules for self-meditation, a therapy session with a therapist and a group therapy opportunity with other people who have similar problems with the user. The users of RelaXRoom can jump to the meditation scene and select their meditation music to meditate on the moon or the Himalayas via controllers or hand tracking. RelaXRoom uses Wit.ai for speech recognition and analysing the mood of users using the data table. If the user wants to participate in either group or peer-to-peer therapy, RelaXRoom will assign them to a virtual room depending on their moods or considering their particular needs. For the future of RelaXRoom, integrating a therapist pool to pick one considering their rate and professionality, anonymity, payment system, virtual buddies for every online user may enhance quality, privacy, feeling of presence and embodiment during the therapy sessions. RelaXRoom has the potential to be a facilitator for diagnosing people’s problems and supporting them.
Keywords : virtual reality, therapy, design, immersive

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