Study on the Effects of Forest VR Contents on Stress Relief and Relaxation
ChoungHun Lee, Jang Jae Huk, Seok-Woo Jang · International Journal of Signal Processing Image Processing and Pattern Recognition · 2017
Stress in modern society brings about anxiety which often leads to psychological illnesses such as depression, sociophobia, and schizophrenia.VR is a technology that has been gaining a lot of attention for its ability to allow users to experience virtual reality(VR) in a virtual environment.Such VR technology has shown various contents in fields such as medicine, education and culture.This study conducted a survey for the purpose of increasing stress relief and relaxation, and based on these results, designed VR contents using forest.In order to test the effects of the newly designed VR contents on relaxation, 30 ordinary people were selected as subjects of experiment.Survey after use showed that it had 70.0%positive effect on stress relief and 80.0% positive effect on relaxation.Brainwave changes showed theta wave increase in the frontal lobe and decrease in alpha and beta wave, which are similar to when a person rests comfortably.