This semester, we have pushed the boundaries of Cognitive Health Practice and extended its reality at Archimetaverse Pro 2.0 Design, Research, Build Studio. The project's brief is to improve cognitive health through virtual reality, focusing on the niche of phobias. The treatment method is exposure therapy (ET), and the innovative leap is virtual reality (VR). VR-ET is the main challenge posed to 30 designers and architects from around the world for the creation of six immersive virtual worlds.

How can we address human phobias by gradually exposing individuals to their fears in a virtual environment? Fear of heights, thalassophobia, claustrophobia, fear of mirrors, trypophobia, arachnophobia – the list goes on. This will be an immersive journey in a space designed and curated by professional space designers. The design is intended to be fluid, with the experience curated to its maximum potential, keeping therapy in mind.

The tools to achieve fluidity in design include Autodesk Maya for modeling, Unreal Engine for a realistic building environment, and a complex software pipeline for avatars using MetaHuman Creator, Reality Capture, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine integration. All softwares was learned from scratch by each designer over three months and applied in their respective group projects.

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