HealVR
HealVR was one of my most ambitious research project
of 2019, where a VR system was developed to help
reduce pain among patients that involve therapies including
Dental Care(Tooth Implant, Tooth Fillings, Root Canal, etc),
Arthritis Therapy, Wounds Redressing, Minor Surgeries, etc.
Therapies duration of fewer than 5 hours involving mild to
intermediate pain were targeted for this project.
There was also a mode for hospitalised patients who can
have a blissful experience and get out of the ill-hospital vibe.
of 2019, where a VR system was developed to help
reduce pain among patients that involve therapies including
Dental Care(Tooth Implant, Tooth Fillings, Root Canal, etc),
Arthritis Therapy, Wounds Redressing, Minor Surgeries, etc.
Therapies duration of fewer than 5 hours involving mild to
intermediate pain were targeted for this project.
There was also a mode for hospitalised patients who can
have a blissful experience and get out of the ill-hospital vibe.
The patients have to wear a VR headset and then they
would be in a completely simulated environment controlled
by doctors or patients itself if possible.There were different
kinds of scenes ranging from a simple underwater scene, fully
explorable forest garden scene and a highly engaging shooting
scene to target severe pains.
There were a total of 6 scenes fully created by us for different
types of pains and patients.The whole system of Virtual Reality
Pain Reduction works on the attention-distraction mechanism,
think of it like when you were a child and had fear of the pain of
injections, the doctor might have told you to see towards your
mother or somewhere else or watch TV during that process and
it happens that you weren’t able to feel the pain because you
would be in a completely simulated environment controlled
by doctors or patients itself if possible.There were different
kinds of scenes ranging from a simple underwater scene, fully
explorable forest garden scene and a highly engaging shooting
scene to target severe pains.
There were a total of 6 scenes fully created by us for different
types of pains and patients.The whole system of Virtual Reality
Pain Reduction works on the attention-distraction mechanism,
think of it like when you were a child and had fear of the pain of
injections, the doctor might have told you to see towards your
mother or somewhere else or watch TV during that process and
it happens that you weren’t able to feel the pain because you
were distracted. The same simple phenomenon, when expanded
with the tech of Virtual Reality, was observed to do wonders in case
of different types of pain. A huge inspiration for the project was taken
by research done by Hunter Hoffman for the treatment of patients
of burn pains.
with the tech of Virtual Reality, was observed to do wonders in case
of different types of pain. A huge inspiration for the project was taken
by research done by Hunter Hoffman for the treatment of patients
of burn pains.
This project was displayed on 16th ICDCIT(International
Conference on Distributed Computing and Technology) and
was later published in PIC 2020 (ISBN: 978-93-5391-188-1)
and is still currently being worked on.
Special thanks to Praddyum as this would not have been possible without him.
Conference on Distributed Computing and Technology) and
was later published in PIC 2020 (ISBN: 978-93-5391-188-1)
and is still currently being worked on.
Special thanks to Praddyum as this would not have been possible without him.
Link to early version live demonstration
prototype is attached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bTPeL_tMSc
prototype is attached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bTPeL_tMSc
The originally published paper pdf link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p5oi1zIcpsfESPmgbOSUcwYsWBy0JaUi/view?usp=sharing
Link to project ppt: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pcTToypLmSZTt09BpkyDYQStqE5yjNMyO3IwIXbErAM/edit?usp=sharing
The complete project has been made open-source.
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