Method and system for modulating the sympathetic and parasympathetic responses of a patient based on adaptive immersive content

A system for modulating a sympathetic and parasympathetic response in a patient, the system comprising:

• immersive content comprising visual content and associating at least one stimulation with the visual content, wherein the stimulation is selected from the group consisting of auditory stimulations, olfactory stimulations, gustatory stimulations, neurological stimulations, environmental stimulations, and tactile stimulations and wherein the content is indexed based on a set of attributes indicative of at least content type;
• a mechanism to determine a user profile for the patient comprising at least the patient's preferences for content type, and psychological factors associated with the patient;
• a mechanism to allow for the selection of an immersive experience from the immersive content based on the user profile for the patient;
• and
• mechanism to render the immersive experience to the user comprising providing the visual content to the user via a display device, responsive to said selection, and to perform the at least one stimulation associated with the visual content.