CalmScape
| Creating a VR Experience
This in-class project focused on designing a VR app to support both international and domestic students at the University of Waterloo. Our group chose to address the anxiety and homesickness often experienced by first-year students adjusting to university life.
With mental health becoming an increasing concern, we drew inspiration from nature therapy—specifically eco-art therapy and mindfulness—to create a speculative VR design aimed at helping students relax and manage stress.
The result was CalmScape, a high-fidelity prototype that allows students to immerse themselves in calming virtual environments like forests, beaches, and mountains, offering mindfulness activities to enhance mental well-being.
