This is a draft article and has not yet been officially published.
VR & innovationDraft4 min read
What do we mean by Neuro VR?
Neuro VR sounds technical, but the idea is simple: designing VR experiences based on what we know about attention, relaxation and emotion. What it is, and what it is not.
On our website, you will regularly read about Neuro VR and the Dream Fiction Neuro App. But what exactly do we mean by that?
Designing from insights
By Neuro VR, we mean VR experiences designed using insights from psychology and neuroscience. How do you direct attention? What helps you to calm down? How can image, sound and story together evoke an emotion or make room for reflection? Those questions guide our choices in every dream world.
Three angles
- Multisensory: image, sound and atmosphere that together support relaxation.
- Cognitive: principles from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), such as reflecting on thoughts.
- Imagination: techniques inspired by NLP, such as visualisation. The scientific evidence for NLP is limited, and we say so.
What Neuro VR is not
Neuro VR is not a medical or neurological treatment. We do not measure brain activity and we do not make a diagnosis. The experiences are inspired by psychological principles, but they are not therapy. On our scientific background page, you can read what research does and does not show.
