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DUST IS A VR TRAINING GAME WITH REAL-TIME BIOFEEDBACK

A custom controller measures diaphragm expansion to sense breathing and heart rate variability (HRV). This information about their physiological state is fed back to the player as a restriction of the visual field and a variety of other audio/visual cues.

This game-like environment, in our case a zombie shooter, proved more efficient to both train the physiological control of police trainers in stressful context and also extract meaningful behavioral metrics.

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Over 80% of Dutch police trainers that used DUST indicated that they would want to use it or similar products in their own teaching

Related Publications

  • Preparing The Heart for Duty: Virtual Reality Biofeedback in an Arousing Action Game Improves in-action Voluntary Heart Rate Variability Control in Experienced Police [Doctoral Dissertation]

    A. Michela (2024). Preparing The Heart for Duty: Virtual Reality Biofeedback in an Arousing Action Game Improves in-action Voluntary Heart Rate Variability Control in Experienced Police. Doctoral Thesis. Radboud University.

    Author: Abele Michela

    Upload date: 06-13-2024

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  • Deep-Breathing Biofeedback Trainability in a Virtual-Reality Action Game: A Single-Case Design Study With Police Trainers

    Michela, A., van Peer, J. M., Brammer, J. C., Nies, A., van Rooij, M. M. J. W., Oostenveld, R., Dorrestijn, W., Smit, A. S., Roelofs, K., Klumpers, F., & Granic, I. (2022). Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 29. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.806163

    Author: Abele Michela

    Upload date: 02-10-2022

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  • Breathing Biofeedback for Police Officers in a Stressful Virtual Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

    Brammer, J. C., van Peer, J. M., Michela, A., van Rooij, M. M. J. W., Oostenveld, R., Klumpers, F., Dorrestijn, W., Granic, I., & Roelofs, K. (2021). Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 586553. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.586553

    Author: Jan Brammer

    Upload date: 03-12-2021

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  • Reducing the Noise of Reality

    Michela, A., van Rooij, M. M. J. W., Klumpers, F., van Peer, J. M. J. M., Roelofs, K., & Granic, I. (2019). Psychological Inquiry, 30(4), 203–210. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2019.1693872

    Author: Abele Michela

    Upload date: 01-04-2020

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in Collaboration with:

EPAN Lab - Experimental Psychopathology & Affective Neuroscience

Wendy Dorrestijn - Human Factors in Operations, Military & Police Operations

Ken Koontz - founder of Koontz Interactive, Game Design and Production

Thijs Doornbos - owner of Popogames, Game and Technical development

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