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COSS IN-PERSON: VROE VR Experience: The Overview Effect on Missions To Mars

09 November 2021, 10:30 am–4:30 pm

woman using a VR headset, Photo by Stella Jacob on Unsplash

The UCL Centre of Outer Space Studies presents the Virtual Reality Overview Effect (VROE)

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Sold out

Cost

Free

Organiser

Centre for Outer Space Studies

Location

IAS Forum
G17, ground floor, South Wing
UCL, Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
United Kingdom

As part of UCL Space Week you are able to book a 1 hour session to see the Earth from space via virtual reality. Dr Annahita Nezami and Charlie Perrings (Founders of VROE) will lead small groups of attendees (3-5) through a 25-minute multisensory virtual reality experience analogous to the Overview Effect. The Overview Effect is a term coined by space philosopher, Frank White. It is considered a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts and cosmonauts during spaceflight, often while viewing the Earth from orbit. 

After a 25 minute immersive VR experience participants will be invited to answer questions about their experience which will contribute to the research of VROE. This event is now sold out.

Disclaimer

Anyone with serious prior conditions will require consent from their physician/doctor, due to the awe component of VROE's pilot experience.  Participation is at your own discretion.

You can learn more about Charlie and Annahita’s work at:

Image credit: Photo by Stella Jacob on Unsplash

About the Speakers

Dr Annahita Nezami

Dr Annahita Nezami is a counselling psychologist. Her areas of interest include space psychology and the overview effect, which was the focus of her Doctoral thesis. She is also interested in altered states of consciousness, wellbeing, performance, neuropsychology, depression and trauma. Annahita has lectured internationally and presented her ideas about the Overview Effect and mental health on BBC Radio 4, Central St Martin’s, UCL, and TEDx. She is the co-founder VR Overview Effect (VROE); a multi-sensory therapeutic program based on the self-transcendent experience of the Overview Effect. VROE programs and VROE-ET therapies aim to regenerate, recalibrate, and reinvigorate; offering a well being solution for deep space missions. 

Charlie Perrings

Charlie Perrings is the co-founder of VROE, he has an MBA, an MSc in Psychology and a background in new media and marketing. He has spent several years working in agencies and running his own companies. He has a special interest in using new media for improving psychological well-being and for educational purposes.  Charlie is in charge of communications and all the technology side of things at VROE.