A VR application to mitigate stress response and improve work performance

该项目将增强虚拟现实（VR）应用程序，该应用程序将使用户在虚拟环境中受到一系列压力诱导因素的影响。用户的工作表现将在虚拟应用中被测量，并使用心电传感器实时评估用户的精神压力。将针对虚拟现实环境调查和建模一套教学指导或行为方法，目的是确定一些缓解压力的策略。将开发一个实时“压力”仪表板来监控用户在VR应用程序中的压力和表现。将创建演示VR模拟（带有ECG），以演示在执行有压力的任务之前执行一些缓解压力策略的一些好处。将创建一个案例研究，以测试一个或多个关于压力缓解技术的研究假设。该项目将有助于了解职业环境中的压力，以及工人是否可以接受培训以降低压力，或在提高对其压力反应的认识时采用缓解压力的技术。这项研究将产生一个VR应用程序，这将有助于EXO Insights的核心产品。这些展示和研究结果将有助于理解如何减轻和训练职业压力。

This project will enhance a virtual reality (VR) application that will subject the user to a set of stress-inducing factors in a virtual environment. The users work performance will be measured in the virtual application, and a real-time assessment of the user's mental stress will be measured, using an ECG sensor. A set of teaching instruction or behaviour approaches will be investigated and modelled for the VR environment, with the aim of qualifying a few stress mitigation strategies.A real-time 'stress' dashboard will be developed to monitor the users' stress and performance in the VR application. The demonstration VR simulation (with ECG) will be created, to demonstrate some benefits of performing some stress mitigation strategies prior to performing stressful tasks. A case study will be created to test one or more research hypothesis regarding stress mitigation techniques. This project will contribute to the understanding of stress in occupational settings and whether workers can be trained to lower stress or adopt stress mitigation techniques when given a greater awareness of their stress responses. This research will result in a VR application that will be useful to the core product of EXO Insights. The displays and research results will contribute to the understanding of how to mitigate and train for occupational stress.