Service Needs

Reference No.

N-0014

Title

Use of Innovative Virtual Reality and Biofeedback in Clinical Psychological Treatment

Business Needs / Challenges

A service unit frequently works with clients from the general public who suffer from trauma.  However, for clients with immense emotional problems, they have difficulties with imagery and visualisation as needed in the treatment process. As such, the effectiveness of psychological treatment and clients' recovery progress can be significantly affected.

Application Areas

Social Welfare

Expected Outcomes

The expected outcomes are four-folded: 
(1) The techological design and use of immersive virtual environment can help clients visualise scenarios from selected templates and/ or customised audio and 3D visual stimulation during the treatment sessions and aid clinical psychologists' instant assessment.
(2) By means of a Mobile App, clients can retrieve their VR experience whenever needed.  
(3) A biofeedback device will be used to measure the clients' physiological data (e.g. brain waves, heart rate or breathing pattern) during treatment and the collected data will be feedback to the system.  
(4) These data will be collected and analysed with artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate the generation of more systematic psychological treatment information database and to fine-tune system suggestion.

Technologies to be Used

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Mobile Technologies
Virtual Reality