Research On The Design Of Psychological Relaxation Games In VR Restorative Environment

Rapid social development brings heavy physiological and psychological stress to modern people,and mental health problems are increasingly prominent especially among the young people aged 18-35.Traditional psychological intervention methods are difficult to meet the self-help psychological adjustment needs of the general public,especially youth groups,due to high cost,low rehabilitation efficiency,lack of mobility and interactivity and other limitations.In recent years,virtual reality(VR)technology is gradually coming out of the laboratory,and VR games are being widely accepted and loved by youth groups,providing new possibilities for psychological relaxation training.In this context,this paper proposes the concept of VR-based psychological relaxation game based on a restorative environment,which creates a virtual reality scene to simulate the natural environment of the real world and enables users to interact with the environment in a game-like manner to achieve self-help psychological relaxation.The article firstly compares the theory of compound restorative environment,the principles and methods of psychological relaxation,analyzes the positive effects of games and the possibility of applying games to obtain psychological relaxation,and provides theoretical guidance for the whole study.The immersive,interactive and imaginative characteristics of virtual reality technology provide technical support.Based on user research and analysis of the elements of psychological relaxation games on various platforms and the characteristics of VR games,the article proposes a design concept to simulate the physical environment through VR scenes to achieve the fascination,escape,extension and compatibility of the system environment,and to combine gamification training means to reach the rehealing function.The design strategy part is discussed around three parts: improving the fun of the game,building a realistic restorative environment and achieving gamified psychological relaxation.Then,with the strategy as the guide,the game rules,scene construction and relaxation training content design are organically integrated to refine the design scheme.The game rules are mainly based on free exploration;the scenario construction module details how to reflect the four restorative environment elements in the seven different thematic natural environments and how to increase the restorative degree of the environment with details;the relaxation training content design module introduces the interaction methods and logic of the gamified relaxation methods in the scenario,such as boating,meditation and fishing.And use Unity3 D to realize the game development and output the game system based on Oculus device and platform.Finally,user evaluation tests were conducted to verify that the system has good relaxation effect and degree of restorative.This study introduces the theory of restorative environment into the design practice of virtual reality psychological relaxation game,gamifies the traditional psychological relaxation method,designs and implements a game system with certain interactivity and fun,which can meet the needs of the youth group and help improve the users’ psychological subhealth condition.This paper provides a new idea for the innovation of psychological intervention methods and provides a practical reference for the application of virtual reality technology in the field of psychological relaxation.