Suma is an AI‐powered VR meditation experience that adapts to your mood and skill across three immersive worlds for personalized relaxation.
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Mindful Relaxation Escape
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Meets You Where You’re At
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Your Mood, Your Own Space
Immersive Worlds
Three calming environments adapt to your mood and meditation skill level.
AI-Personalized Support
Guidance feels tailored—making relaxation more meaningful.
Ongoing Journey
Progress grows over time with check-ins beyond a single session.
Now that you’ve had a peek, let’s go behind the scenes.
VR Apps
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Immersion and sense of presence
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Impactful spatial audio + guided environments
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Weak on habit-building
Mobile Apps
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Easy access with micro-sessions that fit daily life
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Strong habit scaffolding
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Lack the immersive “escape”
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Meditation Level: Beginner
Stress Frequency: Everyday
Stress Factor: Comparison, Time Management, Finance.
Coping Strat: Walking, music/podcasts, gaming, or checklists instead of traditional meditation.
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Meditation Level: 5 years
Stress Frequency: Everyday
Stress Factor: Time, Perfectionism, Other’s expectations
Coping Strat: Guided meditation, spiritual and religious guidance
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Meditation Level: Beginner
Stress Frequency: Everyday
Stress Factor: Career, social situations, fear of falling behind, guilt with prioritizing
Coping Strat: Quick breathing drills, white noise sounds or music.
The key takeaways from user interviews are…
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Each person is in charge of one environment
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Bi-weekly meetings to give each other updates
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Notifying the team when any changes were pushed
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Felt Playful and Engaging
Users described the scene as lighthearted and fun, which encouraged exploration.
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Plenty of Interactions
Participants noted there was enough variety in actions and visuals to keep them engaged.
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Created a Calming Mood
The combination of colors, sounds, and pacing gave the experience a relaxing, soothing vibe.
1/ Inconsistent UI and Environment creating disjointed feeling
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Created a simple typography kit and color palette that was used across to create a more cohesive continuous experience
2/ Wanted more freedom in setting up the scene to be able to customize and personalize the experience.
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Users are able to change the type of music that they want to listen to upon entering the scene.
3/ Participants stated that the generic responses felt impersonal and broke the sense of continuity, leading them to disengage rather than feel supported.
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Integrated AI to have a more personalized conversation but also recall and reference users’ past emotional states
4/ Initial user tests had a key takeaway of ‘Habit-forming features that understands their schedule’. We felt it still wasn’t being achieved in any way with the experiences built
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Multi-device experience for you to track progress and be hinted for you to come back to Suma
VR is challenging but rewarding
New challenges made progress slow, but the payoff was worth it.
Rules make the world believable
Clear boundaries kept the meditation space coherent.
Testing matters even more in VR
Frequent checks caught small issues before they broke immersion.
Design a smooth introduction that guides users into SUMA without friction.
Build tailored menus and models to make navigation feel intuitive and personalized.
Incorporate biometric or behavioral cues to adapt the experience to users’ stress levels.
