A3 Design

Alternative Design ver.1.1

1. Space & Form

• Warehouse
• 2011, 2012
• Indoor

2. Look & Feel

• Realism

3. Emotion/Mood

• Fear
• Suspend
• Nervous
• Worry

4. Interactions

• Navigation
• Pop up to show instruction
• Proxy sensor
• Heart icon - to show heart beat rating

Alternative Design ver.1.0

1. Space & Form

• Swimming pool
• Tower
• 2011, 2012
• Indoor and outdoor

2. Look & Feel

• Realism

3. Emotion/Mood

• Fear
• Suspend
• Nervous
• Worry

4. Interactions

• Navigation
• Pop up to show instruction
• Proxy sensor
• Heart icon - show heart beat rating

Original Design

1. Space & Form

• Gymnasium
• Tall building
• 2011, 2012
• Indoor and outdoor

2. Look & Feel

• Realism

3. Emotion/Mood

• Fear
• Suspend
• Nervous
• Worry

4. Interactions

• Navigation
• Pop up to show instruction
• Proxy sensor - to detect when user reach some area

Benchmark

First person view

Environment

Visual Style - Realism

Advantage using VR for therapy

Cost Effective

• Many stimuli for exposure are difficult to arrange or control, and when exposure is conducted outside of the therapist's office, it becomes more expensive in terms of time and money.

Effective Therapy

• The doctor can easily control the virtual environment - He cannot control the actual environment which is subject to unexpected situations (e.g., imagine an elevator malfunction!). This would allow the doctor to more easily control the progression of the treatment, as well as to investigate which perceptual cues are most influential to the fear. Cues could be added to or subtracted from the environment methodologically while acrophobes' physiological responses are monitored.

Confidentiality

• Because users could receive therapy while in the office/room, they would not have to sacrifice confidentiality as they do when using the therapy in real environment.

Less intimidating

• Users may be more willing to try the virtual environment because they know they are safely planted on the ground

Q&A

Why i want to use heart beat sensor?

- based on the survey, high percentage symptoms felt by the user when placed at high altitude environment is fast heart beat. (refer case studies ver.1.2)

*based on research by Nazrita Ibrahim, Mustafa Agil Muhamad Balbed, Azmi Mohd Yusof, Faridah Hani Mohammed Salleh, Jaspaljeet Singh, Mohamad Shahrul Shahida

Why i want to use proxy sensor?

-when user reach to some area, the proxy sensor will detect the user and the fan will automatically on. It will give wind and sound effect to give more realism.

How user can feel the emotion?

-realistic environment - texture/modelling (using HMD)

-stimuli such as wind, vibration and sound can be added to create further realism

-blended environment? installation art?

Gantt Chart

Digital Mind Map

Comments ver.1.1

Topic: Mind Map

-search about how heart beat can detect to VR application

-KINECT

-why you choose the background music

-why you choose all the interaction

-link all your interaction on how to solve the problem

-put the issues in the mind map

-how the users can feel the emotions..

Mind Map Draft

Case Studies ver.1.4

What is the cause of Acrophobia?

Like all fears and phobias, acrophobia is created by the unconscious mind as a protective mechanism. At some point in your past, there was likely an event linking heights or high levels and emotional trauma. Whilst the original catalyst may have been a real-life scare of some kind, the condition can also be triggered by myriad, benign events like movies, TV, or perhaps seeing someone else experience trauma.