The Virtual Human Breathing Coach

Sanobar Dar; Aniko Ekart; Ulysses Bernardet

doi:10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00095

The Virtual Human Breathing Coach

Sanobar Dar^*
, Aniko Ekart
, Ulysses Bernardet

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Emerging technology such as Virtual Reality has been successfully explored in healthcare, including Virtual Reality Therapy in mindfulness and relaxation. However, most of these explorations lack the stimulating environment that gives users the sense of personal connection through the exchange of bodily cues with another human. We present a breathing relaxation system where a (virtual) human coach guides users' breathing to a relaxed state. Our virtual breathing coach is of a realistic human appearance, speaks in a human voice, produces human gesticulation, and displays breathing animations. Here we describe the theoretical background in human-to-human physiological entrainment and the framework of the Virtual Human Breathing Coach where the virtual coach guides users through a set of established 'Box' breathing exercises. Lastly, we will describe how we quantify the success of the system in influencing the users' breathing to a level that is prescribed by the virtual breathing coach. The application of our system ranges from remote health monitoring to self-help training that can be accessed from the comfort of our homes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW 2022)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	434-436
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665484022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00095
Publication status	Published - 20 Apr 2022
Event	2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022 - Virtual, Online, New Zealand Duration: 12 Mar 2022 → 16 Mar 2022

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Name	IEEE VRW Proceedings

Conference

Conference	2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022
Country/Territory	New Zealand
City	Virtual, Online
Period	12/03/22 → 16/03/22

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UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

box breathing
Breathing
breathing exercises
Human-centered computing Human computer interaction (HCI) Interaction paradigms Virtual Reality
stress
virtual agents
virtual reality in healthcare

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Dar, S , Ekart, A & Bernardet, U 2022, The Virtual Human Breathing Coach. in Proceedings of 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW 2022). IEEE VRW Proceedings, IEEE, pp. 434-436, 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022, Virtual, Online, New Zealand, 12/03/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00095

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