“PLAY”: A 3D Virtual World open to students to fight Anxiety

 "PLAY": A virtual world to Play, Learn and fight AnxietY that students may face during their academic lives. Anxiety, which relates to group work, studying, taking examinations and successfully completing a university degree.

The three-dimensional virtual environment is ready for all students to test it by creating a digital self-representation (avatar), communicating with other anonymous players and engaging in the 3D game developed in the context of the research project "PLAY: Play, Learn, fight back AnxietY”.

After the end of the game you will be able to do two things: a) answer a mandatory short digital questionnaire to improve the functionality of the game, and b) engage optionally in an one-hour virtual session with a psychologist.

To join this experience, please indicate your interest by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until March 10, 2021 mentioning your name, university, year of studies, e-mail and contact telephone number.

The project PLAY is funded in the framework of the Erasmus+ KA2 - Strategic Partnerships programme. Project coordinator is University of Patras (Greece), while the Open University of Cyprus (OUC), Maiêutica Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Crl (Portugal), The Institute of Child Education & Psychology Europe (Ireland) and OptionsNet (Greece) are the consortium partners.

More information about the project is available on its website https://play2fightanxiety.eu/.