A relax/refresh system applying virtual reality

Abstract

A relax-refresh system applying virtual reality technology has been developed. The system is composed of a massage lounger, a head-mounted-display (HMD), a standard VCR, and an interface circuit which controls the massage chair and generates stereographic images. By sitting on the lounger and wearing the HMD, the user is freed from stress through stereographic images (visual stimulation), massage and vibration (body stimulation), and sound (aural stimulation). In this paper the overview of the developed system prototype is introduced and the result of a body effect experiment is described.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>