OASIS - Overcoming Anxiety: Psychotherapy in Shared Virtual Reality with Generative AI Systems

Our aim is to advance psychotherapy for anxiety disorders through shared virtual reality (VR) and generative artificial intelligence (AI). Below, you will find detailed information about our mission, objectives, and the people involved in this pioneering initiative.

Project Summary

The OASIS Interdisciplinary Innovation Project aims to develop and evaluate tools to utilize generative AI in a multi-user mixed reality (MUMR) platform for the creation of tailored, individualized exposure therapy treatments. Our system is designed to enable therapists and patients to experience and interact within the same virtual environment, facilitating a novel multi-user mixed reality exposure treatment (MUMR-ET) for anxiety disorders. The project incorporates advanced elements such as context-aware stimuli, attention visualization, and interactional features that enhance therapist-patient collaboration. Additionally, we leverage generative AI and real-world capture techniques to rapidly create individualized, high-fidelity virtual scenarios for therapeutic use.

Applications / Exhibitions

Upon commencement in January 2025, OASIS will build upon our ViewR platform to demonstrate the utility and effectiveness of shared VR/MR in clinical psychotherapy settings. These applications will also be featured in academic exhibitions, revealing promising avenues for the future of VR in mental health treatment.

Publications

This section will be populated as soon as such publications are available, aiming to contribute to the fields of psychology, computer science, and human-computer interaction starting in 2025.

Theses and Research Projects

We are committed to fostering academic excellence by supporting student theses that align with our research goals. This section will be updated with contributions from our upcoming scholars upon the project's official start in January 2025.

Videos

Videos showcasing our technology in action will be made available as the project progresses, starting in 2025.

Project Team Members

Partners & Funding

OASIS receives funded through the EKFZ for Digital Health.

OASIS is a collaboration between

Links

This section will provide valuable links to related resources. We will update it regularly starting from January 2025.

* In theme of the project, this text is a collaboration between human and machine and has been written with the assistance of generative AI large language model "GPT-4o" by OpenAI.