VR&Design
Research
VR Horticultural Therapy
Horticultural therapy uses VR to provide metal treatment to PTSD patients.
INTRODUCTION
A horticultural therapy uses VR to provide mental treatment to PTSD patients, paper is published in HCII 2021 Conferences.
- Considering 5+ psychological therapy, selected horticultural therapy with high universality and strong interaction, designed the assessing scale and experiment.
- Researching horticultural therapy elements, built four types of 3D gardening scenes and interactable system in unity3D using VRTK Package.
- Use C# and animation system and to realize interactive movements like holding watering can and grabing fruits, so that patients can gain a sense of achievement through taking care of plants.
- Conduct 2 experiments with 30 users, using the SCL-90 and PANAS, after analyzing experiment data verified the scene can reduce the symptoms of patients.