Intro to Wellbeing VR Session

It is a joy to see people experiencing our latest build of our Dandelion Meadow VR Session, Introduction to Wellbeing. The script and environment are meant to serve as a good starting point for people, featuring a lovely stationary environment with birds, butterflies, flowers and trees. Over the 10 minutes we go through breathing and relaxation as well as looking…

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New Free MP3 Sessions

Hey everyone, it is a strange time for the world in March 2020 and we are keen to see you looking after yourself and others. To that end, please check out the free Audio Sessions we have added to the MP3 Experiences page. 'Mental Massages Intro' that covers relaxation and wellbeing. &'Turbo Boost your Immune System' that adds specific techniques…

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VR and Audio Experiences

We have been enjoying working through our Game Engine and Camera 360 video pipelines - the process of capturing that footage and integrating it with the updated scripts and other layers to create quality experiences. Dandelion Meadow Experience - 360 capture This is a shot from our Dandelion Meadow experience captured from UE4. With all the grass and trees this…

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APRCCC Workshop

The team had a wonderful time presenting our workshop on Virtual Reality and Wellbeing at the 6th Asia Pacific Rim Confederation of Counsellors Conference in Brisbane on 29 September 2019. We had a look at various technology and wellbeing trends before taking a closer look at VR in particular. We dived deeper on all the benefits as well as the…

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ASCH Workshop

The Mental Massages team is looking forward to presenting at the Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists (ASCH) Workshop on 25 August. Our 'Virtual Reality and Wellbeing' session will cover all things VR before looking at how this exciting technology could be used for Mindfulness and Wellbeing including integration with clinical practice. Virtual Reality (VR) offers some exciting opportunities for therapy,…

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VR and Empathy

Emotion and her sister Empathy are the very heart of what so many forms of media are trying to attain from their audience. As it happens Virtual Reality is proving to deliver levels of feeling that even with the most rudimentary works engage people with their emotions and bring out high levels of empathy. Let's look at this through the…

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MP3 Guided Meditations – Relaunch

We are super proud to be relaunching a series of classic audio experiences from Lyndall Briggs catalogue into your favourite MP3 storefronts. We will be loading them up gradually over the coming months so keep an eye out for the titles you are most keen to try. You can see the full list of titles on our MP3 Experiences page,…

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VR + Wellbeing = Groovy

This little post is just going to highlight some of the synergy between Virtual Reality and Wellbeing Experiences that make us so excited about bringing Mental Massages to life. Escape Our world grows more and more complex all the time and our access to it grows more immediate through our phones and devices. Many struggle to pull away from all…

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Upcoming 2019 Research Presentations

Out team has lined up a few presentations of our research and work at upcoming conferences. We would love to see you there and you may even get a chance to try of our demo experiences. August ASCH : Australian Society of Clinical Hypnotherapists2019 Event in Sydney, 25 AugustPresentation and Demonstration of Virtual Reality Wellbeing Experiences September ACA : Australian…

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VR Technology Stack

With an adventurous project like Mental Massages, one of the key factors is the evolving technology stack at the core of developing and delivering on engaging experiences of this type. First thing to note here is that the whole tech space surrounding Virtual Reality from the hardware, headsets and game engines is very dynamic. We get a stream of new…

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