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We describe an interactive system that uses gesture recognition to enhance the yoga experience through visual, auditory and olfactory feedback. Ancient theories associated with Kundalini yoga provide the theoretical basis for this research. The sensory feedback provided by the Therapeutic Interactive Yoga System promotes an immersive, multimedia experience that corresponds to the system of sensory stimuli outlined by chakra theory. As a user performs yoga, the system monitors the user’s body and responds with colour, sound and scent appropriate to the user’s yoga postures. Testing reveals that the Yoga System succeeds in producing an “enjoyable” and “relaxing” environment — one that seems to enhance the personal, meditative and therapeutic experience of yoga.
We would like to thank ATR MI&C Research Laboratories Japan for their support of the Human Communication Technologies (HCT) research laboratory at the University of British Columbia, along with Ashbury’s Aromatherapy, Richmond, BC, Canada for providing Spa Scenter aromatherapy equipment.
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Fels, S., Gauthier, J., Smith, P. (2003). Responses in Light, Sound and Scent. In: Nakatsu, R., Hoshino, J. (eds) Entertainment Computing. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 112. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35660-0_43
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