Mindfulness and meditation apps have tremendous potential in the world of extended reality. The full immersion created by headsets like the Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro offer great potential to kickstart such practices, which are notoriously difficult to both begin and maintain. As such, partnership between leading meditation app Headspace and Quest-maker Meta is a no-brainer. This morning, the companies announced a collaboration with multimedia design firm Nexus Studios that customizes the experience for extended reality headsets. The fittingly named Headspace XR features practices guided by the app's mindfulness/meditation instructors, Dora Kamau and Kessonga Giscombe. If you've ever used Headspace, Calm or the like (or just experienced guided meditation of any sort), you're likely familiar with the approaches, including breathing exercises, body scans, mood tracking and the like. They're all designed to help re-center the user's focus. There's also a community element here,...
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