Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG
The ability to relax is sometimes challenging to achieve, nevertheless it is extremely important for mental and physical health, particularly to effectively manage stress and anxiety. We propose a virtual reality experience that integrates a wearable, low-cost EEG headband and an olfactory necklace...
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2020
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| author | Amores Fernandez, Judith Richer, Robert Zhao, Nan Maes, Patricia Eskofier, Bjoern M. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory Amores Fernandez, Judith Richer, Robert Zhao, Nan Maes, Patricia Eskofier, Bjoern M. |
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| description | The ability to relax is sometimes challenging to achieve, nevertheless it is extremely important for mental and physical health, particularly to effectively manage stress and anxiety. We propose a virtual reality experience that integrates a wearable, low-cost EEG headband and an olfactory necklace that passively promotes relaxation. The physiological response was measured from the EEG signal. Relaxation scores were computed from EEG frequency bands associated with a relaxed mental state using an entropy-based signal processing approach. The subjective perception of relaxation was determined using a questionnaire. A user study involving 12 subjects showed that the subjective perception of relaxation increased by 26.1 % when using a VR headset with the olfactory necklace, compared to not being exposed to any stimulus. Similarly, the physiological response also increased by 25.0 %. The presented work is the first Virtual Reality Therapy system that uses scent in a wearable manner and proves its effectiveness to increase relaxation in everyday life situations. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1238572022-10-01T10:59:40Z Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG Amores Fernandez, Judith Richer, Robert Zhao, Nan Maes, Patricia Eskofier, Bjoern M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory The ability to relax is sometimes challenging to achieve, nevertheless it is extremely important for mental and physical health, particularly to effectively manage stress and anxiety. We propose a virtual reality experience that integrates a wearable, low-cost EEG headband and an olfactory necklace that passively promotes relaxation. The physiological response was measured from the EEG signal. Relaxation scores were computed from EEG frequency bands associated with a relaxed mental state using an entropy-based signal processing approach. The subjective perception of relaxation was determined using a questionnaire. A user study involving 12 subjects showed that the subjective perception of relaxation increased by 26.1 % when using a VR headset with the olfactory necklace, compared to not being exposed to any stimulus. Similarly, the physiological response also increased by 25.0 %. The presented work is the first Virtual Reality Therapy system that uses scent in a wearable manner and proves its effectiveness to increase relaxation in everyday life situations. 2020-02-25T18:39:55Z 2020-02-25T18:39:55Z 2018-04 2018-03 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 9781538611098 2376-8894 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123857 Amores, Judith et al. "Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG." 15th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN), March 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, April 2018 © 2018 IEEE http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/bsn.2018.8329668 15th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Prof. Maes via Elizabeth Soergel |
| spellingShingle | Amores Fernandez, Judith Richer, Robert Zhao, Nan Maes, Patricia Eskofier, Bjoern M. Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG |
| title | Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG |
| title_full | Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG |
| title_fullStr | Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG |
| title_short | Promoting relaxation using virtual reality, olfactory interfaces and wearable EEG |
| title_sort | promoting relaxation using virtual reality olfactory interfaces and wearable eeg |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123857 |
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