Overview: CalmLens is a Snapchat AR lens designed to help users confront and gradually desensitize their fears or anxieties through guided micro-exposures, directly on their phones. This makes therapy more accessible, stigma-free, and personalized.
Target Use Cases: Social Anxiety: Simulate being in a crowd, making eye contact, or speaking in front of others. Astraphobia: Simulate the feeling of thunder and lightning gradually until its not scary anymore.
Key Features Using Snap AR (Lens Studio):
Dynamic Scene Overlay Use Segmentation + 3D object placement to overlay realistic phobia triggers in real environments.
Intensity Slider (User Control): Custom UI sliders using 2D screen elements to increase/decrease exposure:
-Number of people in a simulated audience -Intensity of Lightning and sound of thunder
Biofeedback Integration: Prompt user to tap to log heart rate or self-report anxiety levels before/after.
Discreet Mode: Lens can appear like a selfie filter to reduce stigma. Only the user knows it's a therapy session.
Why Snap AR?: Frictionless deployment: No downloads, just open Snapchat. High user adoption: Many young adults already use Snapchat daily. Creative expression: Users can journal their progress or reactions as private Snaps.
Tech Stack: Lens Studio: For AR object placement, UI, and scripting. SnapML (optional): Could use ML models to detect facial stress or emotion for responsive feedback.
Built With
- firebase
- lensstudio
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