AURA
Industrial design, 2017
AURA is a headset designed to reduce jet-lag in business travelers frequently crossing different time zones. It provides a personal landscape of relaxation through immersive VR that incorporates light/sound therapy.
Team - Ju Chia Lee, John Cao, Cheng Fu Hsieh, Ming Hung Lin
AURA is a VR system that is designed for reducing jet lag. AURA creates a meditatively personal space that isolates the traveler in a scenery of his preference, to assist travelers to fall asleep as soon as possible.
AURA provides a various VR theme, such as universe, forest, ocean and canyon. Users can choose different sound tracks and environments that best accommodate their taste.
AURA headset also equipped light therapy and sound therapy, will activate automatically when users put on the headset on the plane. These functions are designed to accommodate users’ bio-clocks to different time zones during travelling.
Users can fold the AURA headset to a normal headphone. The wings on the headset are made of flexible ABS for a perfect fit on different heads. They are padded with soft memory foam fabric and that allows users to lean their heads on an airplane comfortably.
The AURA headset utilizes an app to plan jet-lag solutions for its users. AURA app syncs with users' travel itinerary and make custom plans accordingly. The plan suggests users the best time to sound therapy, light therapy and immersive VR.
This project has been published on “Design - Space and Form Culture“, by Nóra Géczy.
