| Presentation | 1996/5/28 A Basic Study on Human Stress Reduction using Virtual Reality Technology Masahiro KIMURA, Mieko OHSUGA, Hitoshi OKAMURA, Hiroshi OYAMA, |
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| Abstract(in English) | The present paper discusses the possibility of application of virtual reality (VR) on human stress reduction or relaxation. Autonomic responses and subjective assessment were used to evaluate the effect of VR experience. The VR system used in a experiment consisted of two SGI's ONYX workstations, a 100 inch projector and a mouse. A driving simulation software and a flying one were introduced to make subjects relaxed and reduce the pain which was induced by thermal stimuli as an external stressor. Expect for one subject who had a heavy VR sickness, HR reduction, respiration acceleration, pain threshold elevation and subjective positive emotion were observed during VR. It is suggested that VR can beapplied to stress reduction if it is designed not to cause VR sickness. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Virtual Reality / Relaxation / ECG / Respiration / Heart Rate / Autonomic Responses |
| Paper # | MVE96-28 |
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| Committee | MVE |
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| Conference Date | 1996/5/28(1days) |
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| Registration To | Media Experience and Virtual Environment (MVE) |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Title (in English) | A Basic Study on Human Stress Reduction using Virtual Reality Technology |
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| Keyword(1) | Virtual Reality |
| Keyword(2) | Relaxation |
| Keyword(3) | ECG |
| Keyword(4) | Respiration |
| Keyword(5) | Heart Rate |
| Keyword(6) | Autonomic Responses |
| 1st Author's Name | Masahiro KIMURA |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Advanced Technology R&D Center() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Mieko OHSUGA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Advanced Technology R&D Center |
| 3rd Author's Name | Hitoshi OKAMURA |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | National Cancer Center Hospital |
| 4th Author's Name | Hiroshi OYAMA |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | National Cancer Center Hospital |
| Date | 1996/5/28 |
| Paper # | MVE96-28 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.96 |
| Number (no) | 82 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 8 |
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