Maternal Mental Health VR Game

VR Experience to Equip Birth Givers' Support Systems

🔍 Context In collaboration with Eli Lilly, our team explored how immersive technology could support mothers and birthing people experiencing mental health challenges. The project aimed to design a trauma-informed virtual experience that could provide empathy, education, and guided emotional support through personalized storytelling and safe space creation.

Client

Eli Lilly & Indiana University

Services

- Trauma-informed research - Persona co-creation - VR usability testing - Cross-sector facilitation - Mental health storytelling strategy

Tools

- Figma - Figjam - RecRoom

Date

August 2022-April 2023

✨ My Role As the project lead, I supported the team with: - Persona refinement based on maternal mental health literature - Co-design workshops with mothers, healthcare workers, and support group community leaders - Creating proof-of-concept VR prototype versions - Synthesizing research insights into product guidance

💡 Impact - Helped validate the emotional safety of narrative design elements - Uncovered critical accessibility and sensory sensitivity considerations - Informed trauma-aware content pacing, narration tone, and visual cues - Positioned the product team to align with clinical and community priorities