N3rd Street Unplugged: Meditation and VR collide!

Hello everyone! We're having our first official collaboration with Philly's North 3rd St. community to create N3rd St. unplugged on December 15th with 5 oculus rift meditation games, two of them on cardboard (very inexpensive VR device: https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/ ) and a few different experiences for relaxation in the recently released GearVR.

There is going to be tons of time this time to try them all out & relax.

We're going to meet & greet at 6, start with a meditation at 6:30, then do whatever for the rest of the night and check out the games. If you're new to meditation and are solely interested in the tech that's fine! Our hosts and enthusiasts will be there to talk shop and speculate about future experiences during the group meditation. If you've done meditation before or simply interested in mindfulness meditation we encourage you to try both sides of this event.

We're going to have 5+ games to try out, and as many headsets we can get out hands on! Here they are:

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Geometrify -> Geometrify is Virtual Reality application built for the Oculus Rift virtual reality glasses combined with vibrant music on good headphones and optional biofeedback. Application give users an immersive 3D experience of geometric shapes coordinated with sound. The effects are deeply touching, entertaining, immersive, calming or uplifting depending mainly on the used music genre. You might compare the experience with float tank in a way.

Soundself -> An immersive hypnotic experience that accepts your voice as feedback. The goal: trance for trances sake. SoundSelf is the collision of centuries old meditation technology with the video-gametrance. Turn off the lights, amp up the volume, and use your voice to fall through an odyssey of light and body. Designed as a virtual reality experience, SoundSelf takes advantage of loopholes in human perception to induce an introspective state of ecstasy. It is as much for the experienced desert wanderer as it is for the intrepid novice taking their first steps into meditation.

http://soundselfgame.com (http://soundselfgame.com/)

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Guided Meditation -> Embrace solitude alongside a quiet pier overlooking a tropical beach, intensify your zen-style by embracing a private forest at sunset in the cool rain, soothe your soul by basking in the sunlight reflected off a koi pond, or stare down into a canyon born from millennia of change. This relaxing virtual reality application makes it possible to meditate whenever. Even on your lunch break. http://guidedmeditationvr.com/buzz/

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Zen Zone (cardboard and GearVR!) - Zen Zone is a peaceful guided meditation experience designed for Google Cardboard. Virtual reality has unlocked new ways of relaxing and calming the body. The experience starts with some guided breathing exercises in a soothing nature environment. Butterflies dance over the pond in front of you, sunlight shines down through gaps in the rocks above. The second half is an innovative, new approach to relaxing the entire body that is only possible in VR. Best enjoyed with headphones.

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Eden River (cardboard and GearVR!) - Eden River is a relaxation experience designed for Virtual Reality. It is the 5th game from Unello design. Eden River was created as a counterpoint to all the violent horror and action demos prevalent in VR. There is no blood in Eden River, there are no monsters. Instead you cruise down a tranquil river flying along with the animals of the forest. If you have one, set up a small electric fan blowing a slight breeze in your face. Eden River is a truly transcendental experience that is already in use in virtual reality research labs and special education classrooms around the world. The original score by Aaron Lemke was nominated for the Proto Award for Best Score. Works with: -Google Cardboard -Durovis Dive -ImmersiON-VRelia GO -Most other smartphone VR viewers -Merge VR Also available on the Samsung Gear VR

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