About the project
The Forest' combines and integrates two systems – the assistant and the interface – to create a product that promotes the growth of positive mental health and encourages reflection from the user. An artificially intelligent system – grounded in psychological principles – emulates the insight and empathy of a real therapist, delivering it to the user anytime they need it.
A richly visual 3D interface accompanies this system; designed to encourage gentle, targeted reflection through emotional mapping and visualisation. 'The Forest' is populated with a variety of items – each representing a moment of interaction between the user and the system. As the user walks through their forest, the AI guides their reflective journey with resources designed to encourage positive reflection.
The forest itself is uniquely laid out as an emotional map, allowing users to travel quickly from one area to another and follow their progress. The position of each item or resource is determined by the AI within the conversational part of the system, further allowing the users to rethink their perspective before engaging with the situation.
