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AR-YOU-OK Digital Wellness Solution for COVID-19

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Funder

    Roche Holding AG (Roche)

  • Principal Investigator

    Loreen Wales

  • Research Location

    Canada

  • Lead Research Institution

    My Viva Plan Inc.

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

This project intends to deploy a novel, evidence-based journaling approach to promote mental health, diet and physical wellness using augmented reality (AR) guided interaction and reassurance. AR-YOU-OK is an AR avatar to promote resilience at a time of stress. Using any smartphone, the user will port their personal interactive avatar into their home. The AR avatar will talk to and prompt responses/self-reflection from the user and create a natural language processing-generated journal for therapeutic benefits. The AR avatar will act as a 'self-help' buddy to guide the user to a better state of mental health in an engaging way.