Experiential and Relaxation Virtual Reality as a Tool for Easing Anxiety in Seriously Ill Children

A newly developed self-guided app BreezeTrerraVR that helps patients practice relaxation breathing in an immersive virtual environment, using voice prompts, visual cues, and respiratory biofeedback for guidance. The app was developed in the VR center at the National Institute of Mental Health, Czech Republic (supported by THE JOHANNES AMOS COMENIUS PROGRAMME (OP JAC) EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH, Title: Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing, Project Registration Number: CZ. 02.01.01/00/22\_008/0004583).

"The experiential VR intervention will use the VR program Ocean Rift (an experience of the underwater world and its animals). It is a calm experiential and distraction game program that does not require much mobility and interaction and is therefore suitable for pediatric patients and hospital environments. This VR application is also used in available published research."