VR Therapy for Anxiety and Depression

Inspiration

On World Mental Health Day we chose to build a project that addresses the most pressing issue of out times today- anxiety, social isolation and depression. Given the worldwide pandemic and the restrictions on going outdoors we all have been craving some off time to relax and de-stress for a while sometimes to calm down our anxiety or to just take a break from all the overwhelming work from home. To build something that made everyone's lives a little happier, calmer and better was our inspiration.

What it does

This is a customizable escape from reality that can be accessed through any kind of VR goggle. The program itself has menus to select what you want.

How I built it

I used echoAR and Unity and some C# to write programs for specific functions to work.

Challenges I ran into

I was having trouble trying to make the scenes switch from the menus screen to the actual settings that were chosen.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

I learned how to use Unity better and also learned a little bit of C# while creating this program/

What I learned

I learned C# and more about Unity's functionalities.

What's next for Virtual Therapy for Depression

Next, interactive characters will be implemented into this to make it a true therapy rather than just an escape.

Built With

• echoar
• unity