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Effect of Heart Rate Feedback Virtual Reality on Cardiac Activity

Authors:
Shusaku Nomura
Rei Sekigawa
Naoki Iiyama

Keywords: virtual reality; heat rate; ambient feedback

Abstract:
Psycho-physiological effect of a heart rate feedback Virtual Reality (VR) scene on human was investigated. The VR scene was a living room with a fire place where a fire flame flickered synchronizing with viewer’s own heart rate in a real-time manner. Fifteen male university students underwent this interactive installation for 60 seconds, repeatedly. Comparing with the control condition in which the fire flickered at constant rhythm, heart rate was significantly decreased and positively correlated with subjective “comfortable” score. Change in the cardiac sympathetic nervous activity may be underlying the psycho-physiological effect. Further research should explore a wide range of bio-signal ambient feedback architecture which fosters positive effects on human mind and body.

Pages: 38 to 39

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019

Publication date: September 22, 2019

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9324

ISBN: 978-1-61208-739-9

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from September 22, 2019 to September 26, 2019