Dr Alison Mayne delivered a cracking oral presentation at the inaugral CDCS Cancelled Conference Conference held virtually via Zoom on 16th June 2020. As conferences around the world have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Centre for Data, Culture & Society provided a platform for digital scholars to share their latest ideas and […]

An abstract on the VRinMind study has been accepted to the Design 4 Health conference taking place in Amsterdam in July 2020. https://www.design4health2020.nl/ Dr Alison Mayne will go to present the paper “VRinMind: Knowledge co-creation in designing immersive virtual reality experiences to support mindfulness practice” on behalf of the research team. Established in 2011, Design4Health […]

An abstract on the VRinMind study has been accepted to the 13th International Congress on Nursing Informatics (NI2020) taking place in Brisbane, Australia in July 2020. https://ni2020.org/ Dr Siobhan O’Connor will go to present the poster “Virtual Reality based Mindfulness application to improve pain management (VRinMind): A Feasibility Study Protocol” on behalf of the team […]

The first VRinMind workshop kicked off today, 18th February, and was a jam-packed day with participants getting opportunities to use a number of virtual reality (VR) technologies and share their creative insights into what might work for mindfulness practice in a VR app. Nine people came from far and wide, with some making their way […]

Preparations are well underway for our first co-design workshop on virtual reality (VR) with people who practice mindfulness on Tuesday 18th February 2020. With a large, inviting space booked in the David Hume Tower and a range of participants signed up, it will be a fun day of exploring different virtual reality technologies. Some Oculus […]