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Augmented Reality assisted mindfulness within personal vehicles, designed to aid with anxiety and depression.
Imagine you've just had a stressful day at work. Becky managed to delete half your project, Johnny keeps talking over you in meetings, and traffic was awful. You drive home, and after you park up you are prompted to 'take a moment' and participate in a 2 minute mindful meditation exercise on your windscreen.
The aim of this concept is to provide convenient and accessible mitigation strategies for anxiety and depression. By incorporating these within day-to-day activities - such as the daily commute, I hope to facilitate positive change in people's lives.
This product is designed for use via heads-up display technology to appear 'floating' before the user on the windscreen. Many manufacturers such as Toyota, Audi, Ford and BMW are already installing this technology within their vehicle models. This concept was prototyped by reflecting the graphics onto the windscreen using an iPad.
Down the line, heart rate sensors will be used to influence the visuals in real-time as the user participates in the activity.
For many people, their car is their safe space, and sometimes the only time they are properly alone in their own space. I wanted to build on this to further create an added level of peaceful solitude, regulation and reflection within a personal vehicle.
Additionally, this product uses the concept of 'habit stacking' to build good consistent habits by integrating them with already established habits (such as commuting). Profound results can be seen by making tiny steps every day, and it can all start with a moment.
A moment of peace, a moment to reflect, to breathe deeply, to appreciate, to regulate, to pause. A moment to unplug from the world, spend time with yourself, shake off the day. And after the moment has passed, you can continue through time with a clearer mind, leaving stressors behind.
All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. - James Clear
Sounds good right? Try it out for yourself:
Check out the design process below.
