Resonant Relaxation: Affective State Change via Procedurally Generated Haptics

The ongoing shift towards digital sedentary lifestyles has increased stress in daily life and calls for innovative approaches to improve mental and physical health. This project explores the capabilities of AI-generated audio for affective haptic feedback to create experiences that induce relaxation and enhance emotional well-being and productivity. We designed a web application that allows haptic designers to create customized haptic patterns for respiration-based relaxation practices. Our system offers customizable parameters and leverages AIdriven audio-haptic composition to tailor relaxation experiences to individual user
needs. Initial findings suggest that generative AI supports designers in creating personalized audio-haptic experiences, potentially reducing stress and improving relaxation. This lays the groundwork for future exploration into broader emotional state management.