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Matt Evans

Can you really meditate in VR? I tried Headspace XR at Meta's London HQ

Headspace XR.

I’m trying to breathe slowly, relaxing my shoulders and following the visual cues inside a pastel-colored world bathed in an orange sunset. It was almost easy to forget I was being watched carefully by several Meta and Headspace representatives, like a sort of laboratory experiment. 

Trying to act natural and relaxed, while being watched and analyzed by unseen observers? My mind forgot to be quiet for a moment, instead conjuring up the image of myself in a police interrogation room, and I tried to suppress a snort. 

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