Ontspanning in VR
Internationaal neemt het gebruik van virtual reality (VR) – al dan niet gecombineerd met biofeedback – toe. Er bestaan verschillende gratis VR-applicaties die gebruikt kunnen worden als hulpmiddel in een therapeutische context. We denken aan applicaties als Liminal, TRIPP, Alcove, Calm Place, Happy Place, Binaural Odyssey en Breath Peace World (Best et al., 2021), maar deze zijn qua taal of cultuur niet op de Vlaamse zorgsector afgestemd. Wel is het gebruik van VR effectief gebleken in het reduceren van (subjectieve) stress bij mensen met hoge stress (Kim et al., 2021).
Wat Immersieve Technologie (ImT) betreft, zijn er recent heel wat betaalbare mogelijkheden bijgekomen, vooral in 360° video, virtual reality (VR) en beschikbare VR-brillen. Het gebruik van deze ImT voor (mentaal) welzijn is internationaal in opmars (Bell et al., 2020, Riches et al., 2021, Lindner et al., 2019, Lahti et al., 2020).
Hieronder kan je een overzicht terugvinden van verschillende VR ontspanningstoepassingen die vandaag op de markt zijn. Een uitgebreid overzicht kan je ook downloaden.
Software - Apps
| Naam | Producent | ImT | Software | Prijs |
| Flowborne VR | Vunderwelten | VR + smartphone app | Android | free |
| Guided Meditation VR | Cubicle Ninjas | VR | Android | 14.99 euro |
| Nature Treks VR | Greenergames | VR | Android | 9.99 euro |
| Nature Treks: together VR | Greenergames | VR | Android | 7.79 euro |
| Flow meditation | Flow | 360 | Android | free |
| ethereal land meditation | SFS Studio | VR | Android | free |
| VR_meditation | toshizo | VR | Android | free |
| TRIPP | TRIPP, inc. | VR | Android | demo = free , subscription = 4.99 monthly / 14.99 yearly / 34.99 lifetime (dollars) |
| Maloka | HOO KOO E KOO | VR | Android | free |
| Alcove | AARP Innovation Labs | VR | Android | free |
| Healium | Healium Developer | VR | Android | free? |
| Visitations | Light Clinic | VR | Android | Oculus: 9.99 euro, HTC: 9 euro |
| Presence | aaron.work | VR | Android | free |
| Serenity | VReality | VR | Android | free |
| Levitate | Kai VR, inc. | VR | Android | free |
| Lightness | Gigoia Studios | VR | Android | free |
| The cosmic looking glass | Howell XR | VR | Android | free |
| Natur'360: Immersive Well-being | conVRgence | 360 | Android | free |
| Cosmic Flow: A relaxing VR experience | vedev | VR | Android | free |
| Liminal | Liminal VR | VR | Android | free |
| Loam Sandbox | Amebous Labs | VR | Android | free |
| Relaxium | SimBubble | VR | Android | free |
| Power nap | Future World Studios | VR | Android | free |
| Space: A VR Rosie Art Gallery | VR Rosie | VR | Android | free |
| Hoame | Hoame | VR + 360? | Android | free |
| Solas VR | VRIM | 360? | Android | free |
| MOOD | Moonshot-la | VR | Android | free |
| Eascape | NeuroLandscape | 360 | Android | free |
| ZenVR | Satori Studios | VR | Android | 19.99 euro |
| Luna | Fenomena, inc | VR | Android | 14.99 euro |
| Guided Tai Chi | Cubicle Ninjas | VR | Android | 9.99 euro |
| Inner Focus | EPAM Systems | VR | Android | free |
| Ocean Route | MaSaitoh | VR | Android | free |
| Around The Island | MaSaitoh | VR | Android | free |
| Seas The Day! | VR Vision Inc | VR | Android | free |
| Outer Wilds Tiny Planet | Kosro | VR | Android | free |
| Zen Garden | Lone Wolf Interactive | VR | Android | free |
| Sphaeres VR | WunderVu | 360 | Android | 6.36 euro (-33 procent discount on Steam) |
| Relax with Nature VR | Viond GmbH | 360 | Android | 2.99 euro |
| Calm | Calm.com, Inc, | 360 | Android | free |
| mindZence Sleep | Minditorium IVS | VR | Android | 4.99 euro |
| mindZence De-stress | Minditorium IVS | VR | Android | 4.99 euro |
| Calm Place | Mimerse AB | VR | Android | free |
| Moment | Reality Mint LLC | VR | Android | free |
| Virry Happy: mindfulness in nature VR | Fountain Digital Labs | 360 | Android | 29.99 euro |
| MindfulVR | MindMyths | 360 | Android | 0.99 euro |
| enjeye | enjeye | 360 | Android | free |
| Breathe Peace World | GOH Studio | VR | Android | free |
| exVRience relaxation | exvrience | 360 | Android | 2.99 euro |
| ShareCare windows | ShareCare Reality Lab | 360 | Android | 9.99 euro |
| BreatheVR | Neon | VR | Android | 2.99 euro |
| Azul - Mindfulness and Relaxation | The Pulse | 360 | Android | 2.99 euro |
| Peaceful places | Peaceful places and The Belin Experience | 360 | Android | 9.99 euro |
| The Coast | Turbulent | 360 | Android | free |
| Tiny Island Relax | Taosoftware | VR | Android | free |
| The Reef Two Rocks Australia | Viewport | 360 | Android | free |
| letB | Steam Switch Studio, INC. | 360 | Android | free |
| SPACE to relax | Windansea Studio | VR | Android | free |
| Relax River | Polyraw Development | VR | Android | free |
| Zen Zone | Unello Design | VR | Android | 4.99 euro |
| Soar (Tree of Life) | All 4 games | VR | Android | 4.99 euro |
| Go For A walk | The Color Addiction | VR | Android | free |
| Eden River | Unello Design | VR | Android | 1.99 euro |
| Satori Sounds VR | ZCat Systems, LLC; Brainwave Dynamics | 360 | Android | Oculus: 2.99 euro, Vive: 0.84 euro |
| Look To The Sky | Samsung Sidia | VR | Android | free |
| Paddle Ride Experience | Fguillotine | VR | Android | 0.99 euro |
| A Night Sky | Coatsink Software | VR | Android | free |
| Tranquility | Focus VR Ltd | VR | Android | 1.99 euro |
| Paper | Victor Knai | VR | Android | 3.99 euro |
| Sunset Bay | Rotte Sonne | VR | Android | free |
| (m)ORPH | Speed of Dark Music | VR | Android | free |
| Perfect | nDreams | VR | Android | 9.99 euro |
| Cloud Breath | Imagenary Objects LLC | VR | Android | 12.99 euro |
| Myrdalssandur, Iceland | caves rd interactive | VR | Android | 4.99 euro |
| Where Thoughts Go | Lucas Rizzotto | VR | Android | 9.99 euro |
| Fujii | Funktronic Labs | VR | Android | 14.99 euro |
| Catch & Release | metricminds GmbH & Co KG | VR | Android | 19.99 euro |
| Echoes in White | Magic Horizons GmbH | VR | Android | 7.99 euro |
| Mind Labyrinth VR Dreams | Oxygen Media | VR | Android | Oculus: 19.99 euro, HTC: 24.99 euro |
| Flume Gorge in Winter | Lost Eagle Studios | 360 | Android | free |
| InstaCalm VR | 42 Interactive, Neurotechnology | VR | Android | 4.99 euro |
| Sheaf - Together EP | Stryde Games | VR | Android | free |
| The Grand Canyon VR Experience | Immersive Entertainment, Inc. | VR | Android | 2.99 euro |
| Free Spirit VR meditation | Colibri XR GmbH | VR | Android | 2.22 euro |
| Remind VR: Daily Meditation | Vive Studios | VR/MobileVR | Android | 4.24 euro |
| Skill Master VR -- Learn meditation | Boulder VR Studios | VR | Android | 13.48 euro |
| KameaVR | Rocker Science | VR | Android | 7.00 euro |
| Best Beach VR | Shooterboy Entertainment | VR | Android | 0.89 euro |
| AtOne Lite | NAKATOMI | 360 | Android | free |
| Nature Treks Pure | Greenergames | VR | Android | 7 euro |
| KOI serenity | bruno LESIEUR | VR | Android | free |
| Get beached VR | InkBit Collective | VR | Android | 8.50 euro |
| DEEP | Explore DEEP | VR | Android | 9 euro |
| Perfect Beach | nDreams Limited | VR | Android | 2.69 euro |
| Inner Light | Horsky s.r.o. | VR | Android | 4 euro |
| LUMEN | LIFE VR | VR | Android | 4.48 euro |
| Mio Garden | Nice Shoes | VR | Android | 2.54 euro |