Immersive Interactive Technologies for Positive Change: A Scoping Review and Design Considerations.

ABSTRACT: Practices such as mindfulness, introspection, and self-reflection are known to have positive short and long-term effects on health and well-being. However, in today's modern, fast-paced, technological world tempted by distractions these practices are often hard to access and relate to a broader audience. Consequently, technologies have emerged that mediate personal experiences, which is reflected in the high number of available applications designed to elicit positive changes. These technologies elicit positive changes by bringing users' attention to the self-from technologies that show representation of quantified personal data, to technologies that provide experiences that guide the user closer in understanding the self. However, while many designs available today are either built to sup

SUBMITTER: Kitson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6085587 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature