Restoration Effect Through VR Soundscape and Traditional Music Contents Experience

Abstract

It was conducted to verify the psychophysiological restoration effect caused by the experience of the so-called Gugak soundscape, which is a combination of Korean natural VR soundscape contents and Korean traditional music, Gugak. Visual stimulation was provided through the VR CAVE environment, and auditory stimulation was provided through 4-channel microphone recording and closed type headphones for immersive and practical experience. The subjects experienced the content in a comfortable capsule-shaped chair, and experienced the content three times a week for 6 weeks, each time for 15 minutes. Psychological and physiological responses were measured before and after the experience in the 1st and 6th weeks and 4 weeks after all experiences. Through this, subjective evaluation scores such as mental health status and satisfaction, physiological response such as HRV and EEG data were collected. The correlation among physical characteristics of the soundscape environment, subjective evaluation and physiological response was investigated, and through the parameters related to restoration, statistical verification of the effect of the experience was conducted. The psychophysiological restoration effect and the persistence of the effect were investigated according to the long-term experience for 6 weeks.