Nature VR for Health and Wellbeing at the Arizona Wellbeing Commons,


Photographs generously provided by
Lynne Russell and Dennis Eckel
The Acoustic Ecology Lab was selected to present a poster and demonstration session on EcoRift for Health and Wellbeing at the Arizona Wellbeing Commons, hosted at the Tempe Center for the Arts on 6 September 2017. The poster presentation offered attendees of the event an opportunity to experience virtual sojourns in nature sanctuaries in the United States, Mexico and Europe, showcasing ambisonic recording technology and 3-D sound on several VR headsets. The Arizona Wellbeing Commons is a forum for interdisciplinary collaborations between Arizona’s three public universities, health providers and representatives from communities to advance research in preventive care, in the treatment of and recovery from a wide range of diseases.