Covid Reflections

Augmented reality in public health communications is an under-explored field. Researchers forward Covid Reflections, a public health communications installation which employs augmented reality enhanced with AI LiDAR body tracking to engage public audiences in short duration health-oriented experiences. Covid Reflections helps audiences to visualize potential health outcomes of Covid-19 through depicting the process of disease contraction, sickness, and potential hospitalization on a virtual avatar which mirrors the user’s physical body in real-time. The user is immersed in a “virtual first-hand experience” of Covid-19, and is thus supported in drawing concrete conclusions about the potential personal implications of contracting Covid-19.