Next month, our XR Creative Director Loup Vuarnesson will be at ACM SIGGRAPH in Denver USA to present how meditation practice and technology can offer new perspectives to push the boundaries of consciousness research.
When performed at a high level, meditation and contemplative practices can give rise to altered states of consciousness, the study of which is key for cognitive neurosciences. Those effects indeed can help to better understand the underlying mechanisms of the self and its relation with the body. But reaching those states is rare and thus hard to observe. They require intense practice and dedication, even among regular meditators.
To make those specific states more accessible, we developed in collaboration with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) a new approach of a “neuro-engineered meditation”, bringing technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and biofeedback to give practitioners new perspectives over their practice, by targeting their own body and internal sensations.
This talk entitled “VR for Inward Contemplation” will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel, and will be part of the “Wish you VR here” session, Monday, 29 July from 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM.