| Title | Immersive and Non-Immersive VR Display using Nature Theme as Therapy in Reducing Work Stress |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Abdul Manaf, Marlina Bt, Bt Sulaiman, Suziah, Bt Awang Rambli, Dayang Rohaya |
| Conference Name | 2021 International Conference on Computer Information Sciences (ICCOINS) |
| Date Published | jul |
| Keywords | blood volume pulse and heart rate (BVP+HR), composability, Games, Heart rate, Human Behavior, human factors, immersive, immersive systems, medical treatment, nature theme virtual therapy, non-immersive, privacy, pubcrawl, Resiliency, Sensors, Skin, skin conductance (SC), Stress, Teamwork, virtual reality |
| Abstract | Stress-related disorders are increasing because of work load, forces in teamwork, surroundings pressures and health related conditions. Thus, to avoid people living under heavy stress and develop more severe stress-related disorders, different internet and applications of stress management interventions are offered. Mobile applications with self-assessed health, burnout-scores and well-being are commonly used as outcome measures. Few studies have used sickleave to compare effects of stress interventions. A new approach is to use nature and garden in a multimodal stress management context. This study aimed to explore the effects of immersive and non-immersive games application by using nature theme virtual stress therapy in reducing stress level. Two weeks' of experiments had involved 18 participants. Nine (9) of them were invited to join the first experiment which focused on immersive virtual reality (VR) experience. Their Blood Volume Pulse with Heart Rate (BVP+HR) and Skin Conductance (SC) were recorded using BioGraph Infiniti Biofeedback System that comes with three (3) sensors attached to the fingers. The second experiment were joined by another nine (9) participants. This experiment was testing on non-immersive desktop control experience. The same protocol measurements were taken which are BVP+HR and SC. Participants were given the experience to feel and get carried into the virtual nature as a therapy so that they will reduce stress. The result of this study points to whether immersive or non-immersive VR display using nature theme virtual therapy would reduce individuals stress level. After conducted series of experiments, results showed that both immersive and non-immersive VR display reduced stress level. However, participants were satisfied of using the immersive version as it provided a 360 degree of viewing, immersed experiences and feeling engaged. Thus, this showed and proved that applications developed with nature theme affect successfully reduce stress level no matter it is put in immersive or non-immersive display. |
| DOI | 10.1109/ICCOINS49721.2021.9497220 |
| Citation Key | abdul_manaf_immersive_2021 |
Immersive and Non-Immersive VR Display using Nature Theme as Therapy in Reducing Work Stress