Mumbai : Nihilent Limited, a global technology and consulting company, today
announced the global launch of nSEPIA, an AI-powered emotion detection and
emotional wellness application designed for everyday use. nSEPIA enables
individuals to understand their present emotional state and then offers a
personalised next step to help them move towards greater emotional balance. The
app will be available for download internationally on Android and iOS.
At its core, nSEPIA follows a simple
journey: understand the emotion, respond to it, and then reflect on the change.
Rather than presenting users with a library of wellness content and asking them
to decide what they need, nSEPIA begins with the individual’s emotional state
at that moment and uses it to guide a relevant response.
The experience begins with a brief, non-invasive interaction using the device’s camera. Using Emotion AI, nSEPIA analyses subtle spatial and temporal movement patterns across the face and eye region, together with head and upper-body movement, to assess the user’s emotional state. The assessment is processed on device to protect user privacy. nSEPIA then recommends personalised interventions across music, breathwork, yoga and meditation.
After engaging with the intervention, the
user can reassess their emotional state and observe the change. This creates a
continuing cycle of awareness, intervention and reflection, helping individuals
engage more consciously with their emotions rather than merely naming how they
feel.
This purpose is captured in nSEPIA’s
promise: “Emotions. In Balance.”
Commenting on the launch, L.C.
Singh, Founder & Executive Chairman, Nihilent Limited, said, “We
have spent years trying to understand how emotions influence the way we think,
decide, relate and live. nSEPIA brings that understanding into everyday life.
It gives an individual an opportunity to become aware of the emotion in the
moment and, instead of simply living through it, take a relevant step towards
balance. Technology, in this sense, is not replacing human understanding; it is
helping us become more aware of ourselves. That is central to Nihilent’s larger
purpose of humanising technology.”
Speaking on the initiative, Dr.
Vihang Vahia, Consultant Psychiatrist and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry,
said, “Emotions are integral to human behaviour and well-being, yet
understanding their impact has traditionally depended on what an individual can
recognise, articulate or report. Bringing greater objectivity to how emotions
are understood is therefore an important development. Having been associated
with Nihilent’s work in this area, it is gratifying to see this thinking
extended through nSEPIA, where insight into emotional state becomes the
starting point for helping an individual move towards greater emotional
balance.”
nSEPIA’s intervention ecosystem brings
together contemporary technology with established knowledge and practices
associated with emotion regulation and well-being. Its musical experiences
include Indian classical ragas, Western symphonic music and specially created
compositions. Its meditation, breathwork and yoga experiences draw on
established Indian traditions, including practices influenced by the B.K.S.
Iyengar tradition, and have been shaped with inputs from relevant experts.
Guided reflection provides an additional way for users to engage consciously
with what they are feeling.
Powering nSEPIA is Emoscape™, Nihilent’s
medical-grade Emotion AI platform. Emoscape uses artificial intelligence,
computer vision and machine learning within its proprietary, patent-protected
framework rooted in the Navarasa principles described in the Natyashastra. The
platform has been evaluated through scientific and academic research for its
ability to assess human emotions objectively. While Emoscape is designed for
professional and institutional contexts, nSEPIA brings this emotion-awareness
capability to individuals for everyday use.
With the global launch of nSEPIA, Nihilent
aims to make emotional self-awareness more accessible and actionable in
everyday life. The larger ambition is to help people recognise emotions as they
arise, engage with them consciously, and develop a more balanced relationship
with their emotional lives.
Emotions. In Balance.