The sense of sight plays a key role in perceptual human experience. Visual aspects are dominant when encountering Virtual Reality, but only polysensory stimulation provides an immersive experience. TierOne GO’s VR Virtual Relaxation is more than just beautiful landscapes conducive to relaxation. Thanks to the synergy of applied elements known for their relaxation potential and immersive environment, TierOne GO VR relaxation leads to a deep and healthy relaxation experience.
Virtual scenery
Sight enables us to experience reality and receive most non-verbal information. Thanks to the sense of sight, we have control over what is going on around us, including when it comes to the virtual world. When you put the relaxation goggles on your head, beautiful landscapes of nature with a relaxing character will appear in your field of vision. TierOne GO’s collection of carefully crafted VR movies includes 15 titles, each set in a different environment. The relaxation participant can regenerate: by a river, lake, at a waterfall, in a mountain setting, during a forest hike, on a sandy or rocky beach, in a snowy or underwater landscape, and in a colorful digitally generated garden. VR allows you to immerse yourself in a virtual landscape, giving you the sensation of being among nature. The sensation of arriving inside a virtual setting seems real and engages the mind incomparably more fully than watching a movie on a TV screen. The safe environment lowers the level of alertness, and this allows you to continue the process of full relaxation and complete tranquility in Virtual Reality.
Voiceover narration
VR TierOne GO relaxation is a session with a virtual therapist guided by audio to help you focus on the relaxation experience. The author’s messages accompany each relaxation session. The voiceover narration is a very important component of virtual relaxation therapy sessions. The voiceover helps direct attention to the breath or elements of the environment, and supports focusing attention on the relaxation experience. The voiceover therapist gives instructions on how to breathe, thus increasing the effectiveness of the relaxation. The narrations are consistent with the visuals, so that the two elements form a harmonious whole that is pleasant to experience. VR TierOne GO sessions are based on proven techniques for restoring balance. Each scenario is different and, depending on the session chosen, emphasizes different relaxation techniques – from breathing practices to mindfulness and meditation. Thanks to the consistency maintained and the pleasant voiceover, a participant practicing relaxation with VR TierOne GO sessions can feel comfortable in each relaxation session. The guide’s voice is especially important for those beginning to practice relaxation. The relaxation soundtrack can be directed directly to the participant’s ears using headphones, enhancing immersion and providing an alternative to listening from the speakers built into the VR goggles.
Therapeutic music
Music enhances the qualities of the encounter with virtual nature, gives pleasure and harmonizes the psychophysical functioning of the participant in VR TierOne GO sessions of relaxation. A natural phenomenon associated with the reception of music is the adjustment of internal rhythms (breathing, heart rate, electrical activity of the brain) to the nature of the music. Music is also a strong emotogenic stimulus. Thus, one with a calm rhythm and mellow melody will not only slow down the heart rate and provide a more regular brainwave pattern, but can evoke pleasant low-intensity emotions typical of relaxation. Thus, music can be used in an intentional way to promote relaxation. Acoustic wandering is a technique that uses music to elicit a desired physiological and emotional response. Virtual relaxation uses music with calming properties that inhibit the activity of the sympathetic nervous system responsible for stress reactions. Therapeutic music filling the virtual VR space of TierOne GO has calming potential. The background music present in the selected videos corresponds with the scenery and helps you relax and be present in the ongoing moment. Appropriately selected music is therapeutic, preventive and health-promoting.
Supporting animation
An auxiliary element used in selected VR TierOne GO relaxation videos is animation to support the breathing rhythm. This is an important element for achieving deep relaxation in breathing sessions. The audiovisual animation serves as a guide, supports the desired breathing rate, and makes it easier for the participant to synchronize the breath with the message of the voiceover leading the relaxation. The visual animation in TierOne GO’s VR videos takes the form of pulsating geometric figures or moving dots and allows you to engage more fully in the process. The animation appears in a central location at just the right moment in the video and includes not only an eye-catching visual form, but also an audio form in the form of a chime that accentuates the start and end of the breathing cycle. The animation in the breathing sessions clearly indicates the length of a particular phase (inhale, stop, exhale), and makes it easier to master how to breathe using the method proposed in the session. An additional element included in the audio animation is the subtle sounds of inhalation and exhalation, which help the participant in the session to master health-promoting breathing techniques. The introduction of animation significantly facilitates and supports the relaxation process in breathing sessions. The animation invites you to practice conscious breathing.
Sounds of nature
The virtual content easily absorbs the mind and helps take one away from the audiovisual distractions of the real environment. The use of TierOne GO relaxation VR goggles is advisable for people who do not have access to nature and places conducive to relaxation at any given time. The solution will work well as equipment for employee relaxation rooms in office spaces, psychologist’s offices in schools or in relaxation areas in hospitals. Under calm conditions, the person using the goggles can fully and comfortably participate in virtual relaxation. It’s important that the virtual relaxation participant be in a quiet place conducive to relaxation. The sounds of nature present in selected TierOne GO VR videos complement the participant’s surrounding landscape, making the experience more real and supportive of relaxation. Nature sounds: subtle bird song, rustling leaves, the sound of waves, the sound of flowing water or wind, support the soothing nature of the videos. Nature sounds of mild intensity are typical of places where people relax in nature. Therefore, they help calm down, reduce agitation and reduce stress. The sounds of nature heard in the virtual space are associated with safety and bring the mind into harmony.
