TY - JOUR
T1 - RESonance
T2 - Lightweight, room-scale audio-visual biofeedback for immersive relaxation training
AU - Yu, Bin
AU - Hu, Jun
AU - Funk, Mathias
AU - Liang, Rong Hao
AU - Xue, Mengru
AU - Feijs, Loe
PY - 2018/7/4
Y1 - 2018/7/4
N2 - Biofeedback systems enable the users' awareness of their internal health status by displaying their physiological signal, and further facilitate them to move toward self-regulation and behavior change. Single-modal biofeedback display can provide clear yet less engaging physiological information; a multimodal, immersive display could provide more engaging user experiences, but such a biofeedback system is relatively difficult to deploy. To strike a balance between engagement and ease of deployment, we present RESonance, a lightweight, immersive audio-visual biofeedback system for relaxation training. The system informs the users about their internal states (i.e., breath and heart rate variability) through ambient mediums, i.e., ambient light and nature soundscape, which can be provided by a lightweight infrastructure. The results of a 24-participant user study suggest that the system not only efficiently supports breathing regulation in relaxation training but also offers immersive and engaging user experiences.
AB - Biofeedback systems enable the users' awareness of their internal health status by displaying their physiological signal, and further facilitate them to move toward self-regulation and behavior change. Single-modal biofeedback display can provide clear yet less engaging physiological information; a multimodal, immersive display could provide more engaging user experiences, but such a biofeedback system is relatively difficult to deploy. To strike a balance between engagement and ease of deployment, we present RESonance, a lightweight, immersive audio-visual biofeedback system for relaxation training. The system informs the users about their internal states (i.e., breath and heart rate variability) through ambient mediums, i.e., ambient light and nature soundscape, which can be provided by a lightweight infrastructure. The results of a 24-participant user study suggest that the system not only efficiently supports breathing regulation in relaxation training but also offers immersive and engaging user experiences.
KW - ambient light
KW - audio-visual interface
KW - Biofeedback
KW - immersive experience
KW - nature soundscape
KW - relaxation training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049471208&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2853406
DO - 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2853406
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049471208
VL - 6
SP - 38336
EP - 38347
JO - IEEE Access
JF - IEEE Access
SN - 2169-3536
M1 - 8404138
ER -