VR training has great potential to strengthen people's resilience (psychological resistance) - as the recently completed "ReSolVE" project at AIT has shown.
Are logotherapy and existential analysis (LTEA) by renowned Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl a useful basis for using virtual reality (VR) training to strengthen people's resilience? This approach was investigated in the ReSolVE research project at the AIT Center of Technology Experience.
In ReSolVE, three VR prototypes were developed: a VR escape room, a 360-degree video embedded in VR, and a virtual reflection room ("Room of Possibilities") in which test persons could engage with their experiences. The empirical, accompanying study revealed an overall high acceptance of the VR training among the users.
"The idea of linking Frankl's approach with VR training has really catapulted us into the future of psychotherapy," says AIT project manager Ulrike Kretzer. Quynh Nguyen, Rodrigo Gutierrez and Lukas Kröninger from AIT also played a leading role in the project. Katharina Ratheiser and Alex Vesely from the digital media support agency were also on board as partners. Both are also grandchildren of Viktor Frankl and work at the Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna.
The ReSolVE project was funded by the FFG as part of the "ICT of the Future" program.
More about the project here in the press release