A personalized Virtual Reality Experience for Relaxation Therapy
Joris Heyse, Thomas De Jonge, Maria Torres Vega, Femke De Backere, Filip De Turck · 2019
Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to change not only to the way we consume and perceive entertainment but also to improve other important areas of society. One sector that is starting to benefit from the advantages of VR is the treatment of stress related mental illnesses. VR is able to bring relaxation therapy to the next level in which solutions can be scalable (without the need for real-time dedicated professionals) and personalized. This paper presents VRelax, a personalized VR relaxation therapy approach. By means of semantic methodologies and online learning techniques, VRelax provides a personalized, relaxing virtual environment to the user.