Practicing Stress Relief for the Everyday: Designing Social Simulation Using VR, AR, and LLMs
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| author | Fang, Anna Chhabria, Hriday Maram, Alekhya Zhu, Haiyi |
| author_facet | Fang, Anna Chhabria, Hriday Maram, Alekhya Zhu, Haiyi |
| contents | Stress is an inevitable part of day-to-day life yet many find themselves unable to manage it themselves, particularly when professional or peer support are not always readily available. As self-care becomes increasingly vital for mental well-being, this paper explores the potential of social simulation as a safe, virtual environment for practicing stress relief for everyday situations. Leveraging the immersive capabilities of VR, AR, and LLMs, we developed eight interactive prototypes for various everyday stressful scenarios (e.g. public speaking) then conducted prototype-driven semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. We reveal that people currently lack effective means to support themselves through everyday stress and found that social simulation fills a gap for simulating real environments for training mental health practices. We outline key considerations for future development of simulation for self-care, including risks of trauma from hyper-realism, distrust of LLM-recommended timing for mental health recommendations, and the value of accessibility for self-care interventions. |
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| spellingShingle | Practicing Stress Relief for the Everyday: Designing Social Simulation Using VR, AR, and LLMs Fang, Anna Chhabria, Hriday Maram, Alekhya Zhu, Haiyi Human-Computer Interaction Stress is an inevitable part of day-to-day life yet many find themselves unable to manage it themselves, particularly when professional or peer support are not always readily available. As self-care becomes increasingly vital for mental well-being, this paper explores the potential of social simulation as a safe, virtual environment for practicing stress relief for everyday situations. Leveraging the immersive capabilities of VR, AR, and LLMs, we developed eight interactive prototypes for various everyday stressful scenarios (e.g. public speaking) then conducted prototype-driven semi-structured interviews with 19 participants. We reveal that people currently lack effective means to support themselves through everyday stress and found that social simulation fills a gap for simulating real environments for training mental health practices. We outline key considerations for future development of simulation for self-care, including risks of trauma from hyper-realism, distrust of LLM-recommended timing for mental health recommendations, and the value of accessibility for self-care interventions. |
| title | Practicing Stress Relief for the Everyday: Designing Social Simulation Using VR, AR, and LLMs |
| topic | Human-Computer Interaction |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.01672 |