An Emotion-Adaptive VR Experience for Recreational Use in Eldercare

Adhityan Raja; Christina Schneegass; Evangelos Niforatos

doi:10.1145/3603555.3608525

An Emotion-Adaptive VR Experience for Recreational Use in Eldercare

Adhityan Raja, Christina Schneegass, Evangelos Niforatos

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Abstract

Virtual Reality (VR) technology provides the elderly, and people with dementia, the opportunity to reminisce by exploring places outside their (care) home, free from age-related (physical) restrictions. However, the elderly are particularly vulnerable to overstimulation. Irresponsible VR design can cause stress and anxiety, potentially even exacerbating cognitive decline, and diminishing well-being. We present an electromyography (EMG) driven stress- and emotion-adaptive VR environment for the elderly that provides an immersive but controlled experience targeted at preventing negative emotions. We report our results and insights from a pilot study with elderly participants (N=3). Our system detects and mitigates signs of stress and negative emotions while promoting pleasant recollections.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MuC '23: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023
Editors	Markus Stolze, Frieder Loch, Matthias Baldauf, Florian Alt, Christina Schneegass, Thomas Kosch, Teresa Hirzle, Shadan Sadeghian, Fiona Draxler, Kenan Bektas, Katrin Lohan, Pascal Knierim
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	ACM
Pages	354-358
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	979-8-4007-0771-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3603555.3608525
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	2023 Mensch und Computer Conference, MuC 2023 - Rapperswil, Switzerland Duration: 3 Sept 2023 → 6 Sept 2023

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Conference	2023 Mensch und Computer Conference, MuC 2023
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Rapperswil
Period	3/09/23 → 6/09/23

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care
Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

adaptive
elderly
stress and emotion sensing
virtual reality

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Raja, A., Schneegass, C., & Niforatos, E. (2023). An Emotion-Adaptive VR Experience for Recreational Use in Eldercare. In M. Stolze, F. Loch, M. Baldauf, F. Alt, C. Schneegass, T. Kosch, T. Hirzle, S. Sadeghian, F. Draxler, K. Bektas, K. Lohan, & P. Knierim (Eds.), MuC '23: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023 (pp. 354-358). ACM. https://doi.org/10.1145/3603555.3608525

Raja, Adhityan ; Schneegass, Christina ; Niforatos, Evangelos. / An Emotion-Adaptive VR Experience for Recreational Use in Eldercare. MuC '23: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023. editor / Markus Stolze ; Frieder Loch ; Matthias Baldauf ; Florian Alt ; Christina Schneegass ; Thomas Kosch ; Teresa Hirzle ; Shadan Sadeghian ; Fiona Draxler ; Kenan Bektas ; Katrin Lohan ; Pascal Knierim. New York : ACM, 2023. pp. 354-358

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Raja, A, Schneegass, C & Niforatos, E 2023, An Emotion-Adaptive VR Experience for Recreational Use in Eldercare. in M Stolze, F Loch, M Baldauf, F Alt, C Schneegass, T Kosch, T Hirzle, S Sadeghian, F Draxler, K Bektas, K Lohan & P Knierim (eds), MuC '23: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023. ACM, New York, pp. 354-358, 2023 Mensch und Computer Conference, MuC 2023, Rapperswil, Switzerland, 3/09/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3603555.3608525

An Emotion-Adaptive VR Experience for Recreational Use in Eldercare. / Raja, Adhityan; Schneegass, Christina ; Niforatos, Evangelos.
MuC '23: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2023. ed. / Markus Stolze; Frieder Loch; Matthias Baldauf; Florian Alt; Christina Schneegass; Thomas Kosch; Teresa Hirzle; Shadan Sadeghian; Fiona Draxler; Kenan Bektas; Katrin Lohan; Pascal Knierim. New York: ACM, 2023. p. 354-358.

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