This is Dr Roya Haratian participating in data collection to help develop AI which can read emotions from motion!
This is our Higher Education Innovation Fund (HEIF) project HORSENSE VR. We are developing a game which enables participants to play with horses in a virtual environment to develop calmness and reduce anxiety.
We are working with external partners – our team is Dr Roya Haratian, Prof Fred Charles, Prof Ann Hemingway, Dr Xun He, Harriet Laurie MBE (The HorseCourse) Liucheng Guo (Tg0), Paul Brown.











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