Abstract: A system and/or massage apparatus to obtain massage data from the massage apparatus (such as a massage chair) for control of a virtual representation of the massage apparatus in a simulated environment is developed. The system and/or massage apparatus is especially suited for a simulated and/or interactive environment such as virtual reality/augmented reality environment. The actual motion(s) of one or more physical massage mechanisms of the massage apparatus is obtained in the form of data signal(s), processed, rendered and displayed in the simulated and/or interactive environment as three-dimensional content. A user interface in the simulated or interactive environment may be used in a real-time or near real-time basis to provide a seamless experience to a user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a massage apparatus including a processor configurable to receive a first dataset associated with a physiological parameter of an individual to derive a first emotional indication of the individual; wherein the first emotional indication and the first dataset are configured as inputs to derive a second emotional indication of the individual.

Abstract: A massage chair and an input device in data communication with the massage chair is disclosed. The massage chair has several massaging mechanisms, each of which is for massaging a corresponding one of a number of body parts of a user. The input device includes a touch screen display. The input device is operable to display on the touch screen display a body part selection screen. This body part selection screen includes a human body representation and a number of body part representations corresponding to the body parts of the user. Each body part representation is individually selectable for actuating a corresponding massaging mechanism to massage a corresponding body part of the user. One of more of the plurality of body part representations is of an irregular shape and of a size that at least substantially covers a corresponding body part of the human body representation.

Abstract: A system and/or massage apparatus to obtain massage data from the massage apparatus (such as a massage chair) for control of a virtual representation of the massage apparatus in a simulated environment is developed. The system and/or massage apparatus is especially suited for a simulated and/or interactive environment such as virtual reality/augmented reality environment. The actual motion(s) of one or more physical massage mechanisms of the massage apparatus is obtained in the form of data signal(s), processed, rendered and displayed in the simulated and/or interactive environment as three-dimensional content. A user interface in the simulated or interactive environment may be used in a real-time or near real-time basis to provide a seamless experience to a user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a massage apparatus including a processor configurable to receive a first dataset associated with a physio-logical parameter of an individual to derive a first emotional indication of the individual; wherein the first emotional indication and the first dataset are configured as inputs to derive a second emotional indication of the individual.