{
  "id": 16114,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02283v1",
  "title": "Embodied Empathy: A Multimodal AR and LLM-Powered System for Self-Attachment Psychotherapy with Self-Initiated Humour",
  "summary": "The growing global demand for mental health support increasingly exceeds the supply of qualified practitioners, creating an urgent need for scalable digital interventions that can deliver meaningful emotional connection. In response, we present a novel multimodal application that operationalises the Self-Initiated Humour Protocol (SIHP) within a Self-Attachment Technique (SAT) framework. Our mobile application integrates customisable 3D childhood avatars, augmented reality, and an LLM-driven vir",
  "authors": "Xinyan Ye, Gwyneth Phang, Anandha Gopalan, Abbas Edalat",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "healthcare,children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-03T14:15:35.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-04T05:10:21.797Z",
  "source_slug": "x-arxiv-cs-hc",
  "source_name": "arXiv cs.HC",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org/list/cs.HC/recent",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/16114",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02283v1",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}