How seeing the earth from space causes a profound shift. The Overview Effect and Virtual Reality

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Further Reaches

Caz Tanner

9 episodes

4 days ago

Welcome to the Further Reaches podcast where our host Caz Tanner seeks to understand what lies beyond the edge of our current understanding about consciousness, the constructs of reality, and how we can build a better world. Through a collection of conversations with visionaries, academics, and everyday people forging positive change, Caz explores how these individuals are pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, investigating the profound mysteries of human existence, and radically rethinking what it means for us to thrive as individuals and as a collective on earth.

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How seeing the earth from space causes a profound shift. The Overview Effect and Virtual Reality - with Dr. Annahita Nezami

Further Reaches

44 minutes 8 seconds

3 years ago

How seeing the earth from space causes a profound shift. The Overview Effect and Virtual Reality - with Dr. Annahita Nezami

Did you know that a profound shift in awareness occurs for many astronauts when they see the earth from space? This phenomenon is called The Overview Effect and it offers comparable results to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and nature-based experiences in promoting transcendence and well-being.

Dr. Annahita Nezami is developing a virtual reality (VR) experience that seeks to bring the cognitive shift experienced by astronauts to a wider audience via positive technologies.

I talk to Annahita about her doctoral research, in which she interviewed 7 NASA astronauts, and about her current work with developing a virtual reality experience of The Overview Effect.

Find out more about Dr Annahita and her work:
Website: vr-overview-effect.co.uk
Instagram :@vr_overvieweffect

Film Festival: Overview Effect Film Festival, March 11-13

REFERENCES
Frank White (2014) The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution.

David Yaden (2016) The overview effect: Awe and self-transcendent experience in space flight.

Gallagher (2015) A Neurophenomenology of Awe and Wonder: Towards a Non Reductionist Cognitive Science.

Want to get in touch?
email: furtherreachespodcast@gmail.com

Music composed by Zachary Walter - zacharywaltermusic.com