VMind FAQs
Who does VMind work best for?
VMind is designed and built with technology for use by young people aged 12 and above. In relation to supporting mental health and wellness goals we see a variety of young people who benefit from using VMind. We have seen VMind provide benefits to highly anxious, young people who are experiencing emotional dysregulation and young people with learning difficulties and complex backgrounds. Click here to read our case studies and learn more about the applications of VMind.
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4. How was VMind developed?
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Why does this work?
Virtual Reality has been around for many years, it is only now that advances in technology have made it commercially viable for adoption, but the clinical studies that evidence the uses of VR for supporting mental health has been increasing for some time now. The effect of immersion into an alternative reality has therapeutic benefits as it distracts the brain's focus away from external stressors and internal stressors. This, coupled with the therapeutic content in VMind, provides an excellent environment for an individual to regulate their nervous system. Click here to learn more about the science.
What is in
VMind?
The best way to understand VMind is to experience it for yourself, so please contact us here and book a free trial. In the meantime VMind is a curated set of virtual experiences that combine virtual environments and narrated sessions designed to calm the nervous system and develop skills for managing thoughts and emotions. It includes nature based environments such as beaches, mountains, forests and a full suite of narrated sessions based on mindfulness principles. Content in VMind is continuously updated in order to maintain engagement.
What happens if a headset is broken?
Its our belief that young people need to access the tools to support their mental health, and as such we created VMind to do this, but we understand that this may from time to time results in breakages and damages to the technology. That’s why within the pricing of VMind is for licensing both the hardware and the software and we include free replacements as part of the pricing of the product. In reality, we see that young people have a respect for technology, and we have yet to see a broken headset!!
We have a lot of pupils in our school, how can something like this make a difference?
VMind is best used in schools as a support to existing processes and staff working with SENCO and pastoral support teams. Whilst we would love to see wide scale use of VMind in schools we understand the financial pressures that schools face, so we have developed VMind to work in range of different contexts. Many of our schools utilise VMind in different ways. On the following page we have detailed the use cases.
How long is a session in VMind?
There is a wide variety of sessions in VMind ranging from 3 minutes to 20 minutes. People using the device can do one or many sessions in one sitting as required.
How much does VMind cost?
The cost of one licence for one year is £1500 and the number of people VMind can be used to support is not limited. Discounts are applied where customers buy more headsets or take longer term contracts.
How easy is it to operate?
VMind has been developed to be super easy to use for both young people and adults! Although the younger ones get there more quickly! It’s an all in one pick up and go solution. You pick it up, switch it on and get going. The software is designed to be very simple and quick to use, with a navigation and controller that is a point and click solution.