Clinical and Educational Applications of LIVEIA: An Immersive Visualization Environment

TL;DR

LIVEIA is an innovative immersive visualization tool that uses physical light to help individuals explore and understand their inner psychological states and relationships, with applications in education and art therapy.

Contribution

This paper introduces LIVEIA, a novel immersive environment leveraging physical light as a metaphor for inner psychological visualization, expanding its use in education and therapy.

Findings

Potential for enhancing understanding of psychological states

Utility as an educational tool for explaining human interactions

Application as a form of interpretable art therapy

Abstract

The association between light and psychological states has a long history and permeates our language. LIVEIA (Light-based Immersive Visualization Environment for Imaginative Actualization) is a new immersive, interactive technology that uses physical light as a metaphor for visualizing peoples' inner lives and relationships. This paper outlines its educational value, as a tool for understanding and explaining aspects of how people think and interact, and its potential therapeutic value as a form of art therapy in which the artwork has straightforwardly interpretable symbolic meanings.