In a recent launch event of a VR video, developed to promote sustainable leadership, all participants reported feelings of awe and humility. Many talked about compassion for the planet, feelings of oneness, but also about remorse and guilt after witnessing the devastating consequences of human-kind’s actions on Earth. Others talked about feelings of sadness, grief, vulnerability, but also about joy and inspiration.
Check our blog post for some astronaut reflections on their real life experience of the Overview Effect
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The term Overview Effect was coined by Frank White to describe the experience of seeing firsthand the reality of the Earth in space, which is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, "hanging in the void", shielded and nourished by a paper-thin atmosphere. From space, national boundaries vanish, the conflicts that divide people become less important.
The clip at the top of the page is from a 180 VR video made with our friend Egbert Mulder at Circular Leadership to promote a sustainable approach to business leaders. VR, a meditative script, music, voice-over, haptics and binaural beats where all used to make the final fully immersive VR video.
The video was made using models of earth (based on the NASA blue marble dataset), the sun, moon and stars. The models were animated in a game engine to give 40,000 still images, These were edited together with other elements, including music, video sequences, voice-over, binaural beats and haptics to give the final video.
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We are testing this program to investigate it's efficacy in eliciting specific responses. In a recent event participants reported feelings of awe and humility. Many talked about compassion for the planet, feelings of oneness, but also about remorse and guilt after witnessing the devastating consequences of human-kind’s thoughtless actions on Earth. Others talked about feelings of sadness, grief, vulnerability, but also about joy and inspiration.
We're currently developing some Brain Entraining VR for astronaut training. This video is taken from a 360VR video with binaural beats.