Studio Transcendent partnered with AppliedVR to create a guided relaxation experience that has proven to reduce perceived anxiety by 60% in a medical setting. And VR is already being used as an alternative to drugs and medication for pain and stress relief.
Studio Transcendent’s Aaron Nicholson says, “VR will allow spas to extend the soothing world that they embody by giving customers experiences of being in other places such as a vast jungle, the foot of a temple, or a remote mountain hot spring while experiencing local spa services. Used in waiting rooms, VR can prepare guests with guided relaxation or meditation before a treatment. It can also be used to educate guests about the service that they are about to enjoy and highlight other services available.”
But that’s just the beginning. In the future, says Nicholson “VR will be combined with direct brain interfaces to send soothing neural impulses along with photoreal imagery and audio from an almost imperceptible device that is communicating directly into a person’s nervous system.”