<aside> 🧠 This project is an embodied VR meditation on Light that uses brain activity (EEG) in real-time to visualize a virtual body (avatar).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdbErMHHXC4
This hybrid art + science experiment coalesces three topics - (1) embodied cognition, (2) EEG neurofeedback, and (3) meditating on Light. It is an artistic project to explore the subject of meditation and self-awareness through embodied cognition and brain waves. This VR experience provides guided audio and visuals based on a player’s brain activity to induce a relaxed but focused mental state. It offers a unique visualization of the body-mind complex, asking questions about who we are in relation to our body and mind, and who we are beyond it. Inspired by the insights from my own meditation practice, I have tried to emulate the revelation and replicate it in a VR medium. Through this experience, I invite participants to embody their own mental frequencies and, at the climax, discover the feeling of ascending the body.
This is a 9-month long project for my Masters thesis. It is made using Unity (C#) and Emotiv software (for EEG signal processing). I am the sole contributor for all design, programming and research.