Future Spaces Vision Lab
RESPIRA 2.0
Live Breathing Retraining Through Interactive Sensory Substitution and Generative AI Based on Biometric Patterns
Project Leader | Mirna Zordan
Project Contributors | Yong Zhao, Luwen Zhang, Jiakun Pei
HKGDA Top 10 & Judges' Choice Design Award
RESPIRA 2.0 is an interactive experience that allows users to perform breathing retraining. It is an installation that applies sensory substitution and AIGC to support retraining and practice of diaphragmatic breathing as a mental health tool that can support mental health and panic attacks’ management, among many other applications. Through the use of elastic breathing belts equipped with motion sensors, RESPIRA 2.0 enables visualization of breathing patterns and provides biometric real-time feedback to enhance consciousness of breathing performance.
By translating respiratory signals into dynamic visual and auditory stimuli, individuals can achieve a more effective retraining experience. Empowering the concept of “technology for good”, this installation aims to explore the potential of digital environments and biometric feedback data visualization to support human health and body awareness.
RESPIRA 2.0 unfolds an incremental experience, beginning with breathing data calibration, followed by breathing pattern customization, transitioning into diaphragmatic breathing training, and culminating in breathing empowerment, progressively offering visual and audio feedback to enhance participants’ breathing behaviors.
