Real-time Biofeedback
Medical-grade sensors from Corsano capture continuous cardiovascular and physiological data in real-time, enabling objective outcome measurement and adaptive intervention protocols.
STREAM
Personalised VR stress management for hospital patients
STREAM is a European project developing a system that estimates stress using short questionnaires and wearable physiological signals, then personalises VR therapy with haptics to enrich the VR therapy experience.
Clinical rationale
Hospital environments are high-stress settings with documented effects on staff and patient outcomes. STREAM evaluates combined interventions using immersive virtual reality and continuous biosensing to objectively measure physiological stress markers (heart rate variability) alongside validated self-reported outcomes. The protocol emphasizes reproducibility, data integrity, and patient safety across multiple clinical sites.
Technical pillars
Personalized VR Therapy
Content selection via SyncVR adjusts immersive scenarios based on individual stress profiles, optimizing therapeutic engagement and clinical efficacy.
Clinical Integration
ESD's secure CHES portal provides GDPR-compliant data management, patient portals, electronic questionnaires, and secure data capture and storage.
Patient journey
Clinical Identification & Onboarding
A patient facing a long-term stay is identified by the care team as having elevated stress. The patient is equipped with a medical-grade bracelet for continuous physiological monitoring.
Bio-Digital Profiling
The patient completes a validated stress questionnaire via a patient portal. This creates a combined baseline of psychological and physiological stress patterns.
VR Content Personalization
This baseline is used to select an optimal immersive environment. Ensuring the experience is tailored to the patient's specific needs.
Real-Time Adaptive Therapy
Immersive VR session with real-time biofeedback loop enables stress reduction and adaptive therapeutic response.
Clinical feasibility pilot study: call for hospital sites
We invite hospital partners to participate in structured pilot studies. Participation includes protocol training, device provisioning, ethics collaboration, and publication of findings. Timelines and support are flexible based on site feasibility.
Project partners
SyncVR Medical
VR software & integration lead
Clinical-grade immersive platform and protocol implementation.
Corsano Health
Wearable sensor provider
Continuous cardiovascular and physiological biosensing.
ESD
Patient portal & eCRF platform
Patient portals, electronic questionnaires, and secure data capture for clinical trials and registries.
MCI
Haptic hardware research
Haptic augmentation to enhance therapeutic immersion.