Promoting Relaxation by Real-Time Mental State Recognition
Project leader: Björn Eskofier
Project members: Björn Eskofier
Start date: 1. October 2016
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Funding source: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD)
Abstract
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. For this reason, we propose a virtual reality experience that integrates a wearable, low-cost EEG headband and an olfactory necklace that passively promotes relaxation.
Due to the increasing quality and availability of low-cost EEG systems they can be applied in such a scenario to measure the current level of relaxation. Therefore, we introduce new algorithms for real-time mental state recognition based on an entropy-based signal processing approach.
Publications
2019
- Amores J., Fuste A., Richer R.:
Deep Reality: Towards Increasing Relaxation in VR by Subtly Changing Light, Sound and Movement Based on HR, EDA, and EEG
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2019) (Glasgow, 4. May 2019 - 9. May 2019)
In: ACM (ed.): CHI 2019 Video Showcase 2019
DOI: 10.1145/3290607.3311770
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/05/2019-Amores-CHI-DeepReality.pdf
BibTeX: Download - Amores J., Fuste A., Richer R., Maes P.:
Deep Reality: An Underwater VR Experience to Promote Relaxation by Unconscious HR, EDA, and Brain Activity Biofeedback
SIGGRAPH '19: ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality (Los Angeles, 28. July 2019 - 1. August 2019)
In: ACM (ed.): SIGGRAPH '19: ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality 2019
DOI: 10.1145/3306449.3328818
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2020/01/2019-Amores-SIGGRAPH-DeepReality.pdf
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2018
- Amores J., Richer R., Zhao N., Maes P., Eskofier B.:
Promoting Relaxation Using Virtual Reality, Olfactory Interfaces and Wearable EEG
2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) (Las Vegas, NV, 4. March 2018 - 7. March 2018)
In: IEEE (ed.): 2018 IEEE 15th International Conference on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks (BSN) 2018
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2018.8329668
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2018/04/2018-Amores-BSN-PRVR.pdf
BibTeX: Download - Richer R., Zhao N., Amores J., Eskofier B., Paradiso JA.:
Real-time Mental State Recognition using a Wearable EEG
40th International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC) (Honolulu, Hawaii, 17. July 2018 - 21. July 2018)
DOI: 10.1109/embc.2018.8513653
URL: https://www.mad.tf.fau.de/files/2019/02/2018-Richer-EMBC-MentalStateEEG.pdf
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