NapWell: An EOG-based Sleep Assistant Exploring the Effects of Virtual Reality on Sleep Onset
NapWell: An EOG-based Sleep Assistant Exploring the Effects of Virtual Reality on Sleep Onset
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NapWell:基于 EOG 的睡眠助手,探索虚拟现实对睡眠开始的影响
DOI:
10.1007/s10055-021-00571-w
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发表时间:
2021
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影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Kunze Kai
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作者:
Pai Yun Suen;Bait Marsel L.;Lee Juyoung;Xu Jingjing;Peiris Roshan L;Woo Woontack;Billinghurst Mark;Kunze Kai
We present NapWell, a Sleep Assistant using virtual reality (VR) to decrease sleep onset latency by providing a realistic imagery distraction prior to sleep onset. Our proposed prototype was built using commercial hardware and with relatively low cost, making it replicable for future works as well as paving the way for more low cost EOG-VR devices for sleep assistance. We conducted a user study () by comparing different sleep conditions; no devices, sleeping mask, VR environment of the study room and preferred VR environment by the participant. During this period, we recorded the electrooculography (EOG) signal and sleep onset time using a finger tapping task (FTT). We found that VR was able to significantly decrease sleep onset latency. We also developed a machine learning model based on EOG signals that can predict sleep onset with a cross-validated accuracy of 70.03%. The presented study demonstrates the feasibility of VR to be used as a tool to decrease sleep onset latency, as well as the use of embedded EOG sensors with VR for automatic sleep detection.