A Development of an Emotion-Responsive Color Adaptation for Interactive VR Model

One of the main motivations of this research is to develop an adaptable Virtual Reality (VR) model whose color can be changed dynamically according to the identified emotional state of a user. This paper addresses how to capture a specific user's emotion through the web and use it for modifying VR model mainly for color adaptation. This adaptation process of a VR model consists of three phases: 1) identification of the user's emotional state projected onto the selected paintings, 2) translation of those captured emotional keywords into a pertinent set of color coordinations, and finally, 3) automated color adaptation process for the given VR model. In this paper, we introduced a method of using well-known paintings and their variations to derive an on-line viewer's emotional state which can be utilized to find a new color scheme reflecting the identified emotion. This color harmony scheme can provide a useful information for a dynamic color coordination for the objects embedded in the given VR model. The outcome of this study could enable an interactive and dynamic VR model supporting emotion-responsive interior design simulations or the visionary scenario of the architectural environment where interior colors are changed according to the captured mood of the occupant.