Subway ride
This environment is tailored to patients who have a hard time taking underground public transportation. At the start of the simulation, the patient will be in a square standing in front of the underground entrance.
SETTINGS VARIABLES
- Gender
Choose between a male or female body. A neutral body is selected by default.
- Skin tone
Choose the skin tone that best represents your patient to enhance the feeling of immersion.

- Amount of people
None / Few / Maximum
- Clean environment
Will expose the patient to a well maintained area.
- Dirty environment
Their surroundings ( walls, floor, etc.) will appear more unattended for (stains, graffiti, etc). This will provoke a greater sense of anxiety.
- Sanitary mask
You can choose whether or not the people around you will have a mask.
Before the patient takes the train, the healthcare professional can elaborate on some of the patient’s thoughts about their surroundings or ask them questions while waiting at the platform entrance. The healthcare professional can choose different events to occur afterwards.
EVENTS
- Hall
The avatar is located in the hall, where machines to buy train tickets are, before entering the underground station.
- Tunnel
The avatar enters the underground station and takes a moving walkway that leads to the platform through a tunnel.
- Platform
The avatar is on the platform, waiting for the train to arrive.
- Metro arrival
While on the platform, the avatar sees the subway arriving. He will be able to get on it and will start his trip in the carriage.
- Next station
As you travel inside the metro wagon, this event will simulate the avatar heading towards the next stop (the PA system will indicate that they are arriving at the next stop).
- Exit
This event will cause the avatar to get off the wagon. When it has descended, the avatar watches from the platform as the subway leaves.
- Breakdown On/Off
- Breakdown On/Off
Activating this event will cause the train to come to an unexpected halt inside the tunnel. You will hear a braking noise, the lights will turn off and the PA will announce that there has been a momentary breakdown that will soon be repaired. The train will remain stagnant until the healthcare professional allows the simulation to resume (clicking on the button Off). After that , the train will continue its journey to the destination. Keep in mind that this option will only be available when the patient is inside the train, otherwise it will be blocked.
