Mixed reality for stress relief

Abstract

Studies have shown that a majority of workers experience stress in the workplace. We envision a product that could help workers relieve stress by making use of Mixed Reality to help them change their immediate vicinity to relieve stress. The design is grounded in our insight from research that people use varying activities to fight stress which helps them in switching context and doing something cognitively less demanding. This is achieved through a wearable headset that would help wearers change the reality in their vicinity at workplace whenever stress levels are high.