Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• VR Calm Plus: Coupling a Squeezable Tangible Interaction with Immersive VR for Stress Regulation

  He Zhang, Xinyang Li, Xingyu Zhou, Xinyi Fu (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Zhang and colleagues build and evaluate VR Calm Plus, a VR stress-regulation system that pairs an immersive Meta Quest 3 experience with a squeezable plush toy instrumented with two force-sensitive resistors (FSRs) and a wireless biosensing wristband…

  • virtual reality
  • stress management
  • haptics
  • affective haptics
  • tangible interaction
  • embodied cognition
  • mental health
  • emotion regulation
  • biofeedback
  • multimodal interaction