VR Decompression Sickness

Feb - May, 2022

︎ Thesis project
︎ Advisor: Felicia Ferrone, Sung Jang
︎ Solo Project

Gradual Transition System from Virtual to Physical World for a Safe User Journey

This project addresses potential tech and VR-induced health conditions arising from current virtual reality experiences. It aims to raise awareness and invites industrial designers to explore the transition between the physical and virtual worlds, ensuring a safer, more comfortable user journey.

︎Impact:
      Intensive exposure to VR can make people feel estranged from their body and physics.

︎Problem :
      Absence of guide for user how to adjust themselves to the gap between different realities.

︎ Framing: 
     Decompression between reality and virtual reality

︎ Inspiration from Scuba Diver’s ascending process:

How might we design a transitional system that helps people adjust themselves to the physical world from the virtual world?

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  1. Rainforce the sence of existence
  2. Empower user to design their disconnect journey
  3. Transition than shift

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  1. Awake senses with grounding techniques
  2. Personalized interface
  3. Gradual fade away of digital layers

User scenario

Feature 01
Keep in touch with reality

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Keep in touch with reality

Feature 03
Steps and time of sensory activities that awake the bodies are estimated depending on the depth of immersion

VR decompression user journey

︎ Process