The Development of the Virtual Reality for Stress Therapy

bstract: Virtual Reality (VR) has been integrated and played an important role in human life. This phenomenon inspires the current study to apply VR to develop stress treatment technology. The pwposes are 1). to develop VR technology for alleviating stress, 2). to examine a quality of VR technology created by experts in technological media, and 3). to investigate satfafaction of samples towards the created VR technology. The VR creation consists of three realistic scenes, built for users who want to be relaxed. The scenes are a spa shop, a park, and a sea.Aromatherapeutic scents and therapeutic music are used to further trigger relaxing sensations. Scenic exploration can be proceeded through a walking remote control. A VR google, moreover, is worn to generate 360 degree vision. The evaluative results of VR technology for stress treatment from three experts revealed that the overall quality is at a good level (mean = 4.32 I SD -0.18). The satisfactory results from fifteen participants were reported to be at a satisfying level (mean = 3.96 I SD = 0.08). /11 summa,y, the VR technology for stress treatment is appropriate to be used for alleviating stress and relaxing users, which can be compared to being on a vacation.