Modeling the Therapeutic Effects of Digital Landscape Environment Art Based on Virtual-Reality Fusion
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The rapid development of digital technology has promoted the deep integration of virtual reality and real landscape environments, offering a new paradigm for environmental art therapy. Taking an immersive digital landscape system and a digital textile texture simulation platform as research carriers, this study constructs a three-level theoretical model of “virtual-real fusion-perceptual response-therapeutic effect”. A controlled experiment with 120 subjects is conducted, using physiological and psychological measurements including skin conductance level, heart rate variability, anxiety-scale scores, and emotional valence. The experimental environment combines VR display, smart textile tactile feedback, spatial sound, natural texture simulation, and digital landscape overlays. Results show that virtual-real landscape environments integrating natural textures and textile-texture simulation produce significant positive therapeutic effects on physiological and psychological indicators (p<0.05), and that therapeutic efficiency under virtualreal fusion is approximately 34.7% higher than that under pure virtual or pure real conditions. The system also requires electromagnetic-compatible sensors, wireless VR transmission, and stable haptic signal acquisition for reliable operation. The findings support parametric design and quantitative evaluation of digital landscape therapy systems and expand smart textile applications in therapeutic scenarios.
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