Background: Mainly due to an increase in stress-related health problems and driven by
recent technological advances in biosensors, microelectronics, computing platform, and …

It has been extensively argued that individualizing a serious game to the characteristics of its
players is a major contributing factor to its effectiveness. To realize this individualization, the …

Current digital systems are largely blind to users' cognitive states. Systems that adapt to
users' states show great potential for augmenting cognition and for creating novel user …

We report on a soma design process, where we designed a novel shape-changing garment—
the Soma Corset. The corset integrates sensing and actuation around the torso in tight …

Breathing exercises can help children with ADHD control their stress level, but it can be hard
for a child to sustain attention throughout such an exercise. In this paper, we present …

Introduction: Stress is one of the leading global causes of disease and premature mortality.
Despite this, interventions aimed at reducing stress have low adherence rates. The …

Though seemingly straightforward and habitual, breathing is a complex bodily function.
Problematising the space of designing for breathing as a non-habitual act pertaining to …

With virtual reality head-mounted displays rapidly becoming accessible to mass audiences,
there is growing interest in new forms of natural input techniques to enhance immersion and …

Breathing exercises with biofeedback have benefits over breathing exercises without
biofeedback. However, the traditional measurement of respiratory signals that is required as …

Bio-responsive immersive Virtual Reality can transform our interactions to bring awareness
to our physiological rhythms fostering connection with our bodies, each other and nature …