Easel, Virtual Reality stress-relief

在英国，79%的成年人经常经历与工作有关的压力，这是每年损失1790万个工作日的主要原因之一，给英国雇主造成的损失高达450亿英镑。Easel是一款缓解压力的虚拟现实（VR）应用程序，适用于在高压力环境下工作的员工。这款应用程序将科学发现与尖端且易于获得的技术相结合，通过一款引人注目的心理健康产品，创造性地解决了工作场所的压力。《Easel》通过将玩家带到一个遥远、安全的水下世界，在那里他们可以与另一个世界的海洋生物建立关爱关系，从而减轻了玩家的压力。玩家能够自由移动，并在平静且视听迷人的世界中发起丰富的互动，这提供了一种舒缓的控制感。玩家使用凝视和手势在海洋中航行，并以各种方式与他们的海洋动物同伴互动，包括喂食、玩耍和清理环境。在每个回合的开始和结束时，玩家会自我报告他们的幸福指数，并随着时间的推移发展他们的个人资料。我们的产品是基于科学研究的，通过饲养动物来缓解压力和疼痛，以及VR如何促进它。在VR中与动物互动被证明是非常有益的，甚至超过了吗啡在减轻疼痛方面的效果。尽管医学原型在临床环境中取得了令人鼓舞的结果，但几乎没有一种商业化。在市场上缺乏基于证据和可访问的解决方案的情况下，我们希望为大型企业创建一个尖端的，引人注目的解决方案，然后将其提供给公共部门机构，最终将其推广到个人客户。该项目将提供三个主要产出：详细的市场评估。Easel VR应用程序的测试版。评估应用程序有效性的白皮书。

In the UK, 79% of adults frequently experience work-related stress, which is one of the key causes of 17.9 million working days lost each year, costing UK employers up to £45 billion.Easel, is a stress-relieving Virtual Reality (VR) application for employees working in high-stress environments. The app applies scientific findings with cutting-edge, yet easily available technology, to creatively address workplace stress with a compelling mental well-being product.Easel reduces stress by transporting the player to a distant, safe, underwater world where they can foster a caring relationship with an other-worldly sea creature. The player's ability to move around freely and initiate rich interactions within the calming and audiovisually enchanting world provides a soothing sense of control. The player uses gaze and hand gestures to navigate the ocean, and interacts with their sea-animal companion in a variety of ways, including feeding, playing, and cleaning up their environment. At the start and end of each session the player self-reports their well-being rating, developing their profile over time.Our product is based on scientific research in stress- and pain-relief through nurturing animals and how VR can facilitate it. Interacting with an animal in VR has been documented as hugely beneficial, even surpassing the effectiveness of morphine for pain reduction.Despite the promising results of medical prototypes in clinical settings, almost none are commercially available. In the absence of evidence-based and accessible solutions on the market, we want to create a cutting-edge, compelling solution for large enterprises to start with, next offer it to public sector institutions and eventually roll it out to individual customers.The project will deliver three main outputs:1. A detailed market assessment.2. A beta version of the Easel VR app.3. A white paper evaluating the app's effectiveness.