Background: Mainly due to an increase in stress-related health problems and driven by
recent technological advances in biosensors, microelectronics, computing platform, and …

The interest in occupant interaction with building controls and automation systems is
growing due to the wider availability of embedded sensing devices and automated or …

Light is a common ambient medium to express additional information in a peripheral and
calm way, but it is also an environmental stimulant to create atmosphere, evoke moods, and …

With virtual reality head-mounted displays rapidly becoming accessible to mass audiences,
there is growing interest in new forms of natural input techniques to enhance immersion and …

Though seemingly straightforward and habitual, breathing is a complex bodily function.
Problematising the space of designing for breathing as a non-habitual act pertaining to …

Bio-responsive immersive Virtual Reality can transform our interactions to bring awareness
to our physiological rhythms fostering connection with our bodies, each other and nature …

While technology is usually associated with causing stress, technology also has the
potential to bring about calm. In particular, breathing usually speeds up with higher stress …

Deep Pressure Therapy relies on exerting firm touch to help individuals with sensory
sensitivity. We performed first-person explorations of deep pressure enabled by shape …

Increased levels of interactivity and multi-sensory stimulation have been shown to enhance
the immersion of Virtual Reality experiences. We present the AirRes mask that enables …

In this paper we describe results from testing coMotion, a shape-changing bench, in three
different contexts: a concert hall foyer, an airport departure hall and a shop** mall. We …