Virtual Yoga Instructor with Real-Time Feedback

Virtual Yoga Instructor with Real-Time Feedback

Presenter(s)

Nikesh Chithambaram, Abhijeet Gupta, Shruti Singh

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10:40-11:00, LTC Studio

Description

Yoga is widely recognized for its physical and mental health benefits, but existing resources like video tutorials, mobile apps, and online classes often lack personalized feedback, making it difficult to ensure proper posture and avoid injury. For individuals with disabilities or limited mobility, these challenges are even greater, as traditional resources may not cater to their specific needs. Previous studies show that incorrect posture during yoga can increase the risk of discomfort or injury, high- lighting the importance of proper alignment and personalized feedback for safe practice. In this paper, we introduce the virtual yoga instructor application which consists of a virtual instructor and a feedback module via pose estimation. The virtual instructor, implemented in Unity game engine with an animated 3D humanoid model, demonstrates yoga poses. The feedbackmodule uses pose estimation to detect and analyze human body landmarks, generating scores and providing feedback throughtext and visual markers to guide users in achieving accurate yoga postures. The conducted user evaluations assess the applicationperformance based on the criteria of ease of use, interaction, informativeness, engagement, and retention. The results indicatethat our proposed application was highly rated and consistently preferred by users.

Publication Date

4-23-2025

Project Designation

Graduate Research

Primary Advisor

Tam Nguyen

Primary Advisor's Department

Computer Science

Keywords

Stander Symposium, College of Arts and Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Community; Critical Evaluation of Our Times; Practical Wisdom

Virtual Yoga Instructor with Real-Time Feedback

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