Abstract
It is a well-accepted fact that today every individual has to perform so many activities simultaneously which leads to a hectic lifestyle. This hectic lifestyle has resulted in an increase in mental stress among people. Meditation has been one of the most widely and effective ways of reducing stress of a person. Apart from stress reduction, meditation also helps to increase the concentration level, control emotions, reduce sleeplessness and enhance the ability of a person to face challenges. Though meditation has several benefits, self-assessing the impact of meditation on stress level has been difficult and challenging. In this paper, we have addressed this problem by designing and developing a Virtual Reality Assisted Meditation Therapy (VRAMT) system. During meditation, this system measures the brainwaves and classifies them to track the state of mind as whether calm or stressed. Based on the classification result, the system provides virtual reality feedback in real-time to the user through which the user can self-assess one’s state of mind.
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Department of Information Technology, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Vidyavihar Mumbai developed this application in collaboration with Parallax Labs, LLP, Mumbai. We express our immense gratitude to the Somaiya Institute and Parallax Labs for their unwavering support and counsel. Additionally, we would like to appreciate the contribution of Ms. Simran Mehta, Bro. Yash Bheda, Bro. Purvish Shah, Bro. Rajendra Kadam, LY B. Tech. students, Department of Information Technology, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, for the success of this research.
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Pawade, D., Sakhapara, A., Rege, R., Gupta, S., Jain, H., Joshi, K. (2023). Meditation Therapy for Stress Management Using Brainwave Computing and Real Time Virtual Reality Feedback. In: Goswami, S., Barara, I.S., Goje, A., Mohan, C., Bruckstein, A.M. (eds) Data Management, Analytics and Innovation. ICDMAI 2022. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 137. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2600-6_45
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