Austella
Austella
StoryFutures, the Creative Industries R&D catalyst partnered with Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, to develop a brand new immersive economy and wellbeing initiative. The cohort of appointed Immersive Fellows explored how experiential storytelling and psychological expertise can be combined to support better mental health and wellbeing. Four immersive companies from our cluster region collaborated with Royal Holloway, University of London’s world-renowned Psychology Department and experts in depression, emotional processing, and family mental health to develop and build a series of early prototypes to help in the prevention of certain types of condition.
R&D in immersive wellbeing app
Wokingham-based digital content studio Austella worked with academic partner and expert in emotional development Dr Dawn Watling to develop and pilot an immersive well-being application based on the psychological principles of psychoacoustics and psychovisuals.
Also in the Nesta Mental Health Fellowships programme
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