Alleviating University Students' Test Anxiety Via Virtual Reality "Awe Experiences

大学生正经历着前所未有的心理健康危机。47%的学生表示，心理健康问题对他们的大学生活产生了负面影响，30%的学生不知道该去哪里寻求帮助。我们的解决方案旨在与高等教育学术机构合作，寻找新的方法来支持年轻人加强他们的情感和心理健康。我们将在学生最脆弱的时候进行干预，比如考试季节、论文截止日期和演讲。我们的创新方法利用VR技术提供15分钟的沉浸式“敬畏”体验，通过培养自信、平静和专注的感觉来缓解焦虑和压力。该体验具有引导性、非语言性和文化中立性，通过将用户运送到灯光和声音物体的建筑景观中，创造出一种敬畏感，精心设计，首先提高，然后降低压力。该项目将建立在现有原型的基础上，这些原型已经在100多人身上进行了测试，通过沉浸式数字体验提供情感和心理健康。我们的工作将有助于指导我们未来的商业模式。我们目前正在寻找一个B2B与SaaS的方法，用户可以直接访问。我们还将与机构合作，了解我们如何帮助他们通过D2C模式更好地支持学生，学生可以直接访问。更重要的是，我们还计划建立一个工具包，让大学数字化。这使得学生能够以咨询费用的一小部分获得所需的帮助。在整个过程的每一步，我们都看到迭代和持续创新是产品开发和商业成功的关键。我们是未来NHS XR论坛的一部分，我们发现分享问题和学习可以让我们在医疗保健和预防领域的新技术开发和采用方面取得飞跃。我们相信，与学生合作将是支持学生发展自我管理技能和加强心理健康的基础。

University students are experiencing an unprecedented mental health crisis. 47% of students state that mental health difficulties had a negative impact on their university experience, with 30% unsure of where to go for help.Our solution aims to work with higher education academic institutions to find new ways to support young people in strengthening their emotional and psychological wellbeing. We will do so by focusing on interventions during their most vulnerable moments, such as exam season, essay deadlines and presentations.Our innovative approach leverages VR technology to deliver a 15-minute, immersive "awe" experience that alleviates anxiety and stress by fostering feelings of confidence, calm, and focus. Guided, non-verbal, and culturally neutral, the experience creates a sense of awe by transporting the user through an architectural landscape of light and sound objects, carefully designed to first raise, then lower stress.This project will build on existing prototypes which have already been tested on over 100 people to deliver emotional and psychological wellness via immersive digital experiences. Our work will help to guide our future business model. We're currently looking at a B2B with a SaaS approach that users can access directly. We will also work with institutions to understand how we can help them to better support students via a D2C model where students would have direct access. What's more, we also plan to build a tool kit to allow universities to do so digitally. This allows students to get the help that they need at a fraction of the cost of counselling.Across every step of the process, we've seen how iterative and constant innovation is key to both product development and commercial success. We are part of the Future NHS XR forum and we've found how quickly sharing questions and learning allows us all to leap forward in the development and adoption of new technologies in the healthcare and prevention sphere.We believe that working with students will be fundamental in supporting CYP in developing self-management skills and strengthening mental wellbeing.