Keynote/ Brave New VR World: Hype or Reality? Carmen flying the flag for this new industry.  

Met with volunteers today to share the first rough cut of CPRsavesVR with them.  Chatted afterwards about what they felt, remembered, were missing. Came back with loads of valuable feedback for next cut and filming. Focus groups are an integral part for the development and fine-tuning for this public outreach campaign. 

We just finished our first 360 Spherical capture module for #CPRsavesVR.   The idea is that we engage citizens in ways that takes you into a scenario no one is ever quite ready for – a cardiac arrest.   VR as an empathy and presence vehicle for situations that are trauma inducing and stressful is …

On 4th December 2015 John suffered a cardiac arrest at home. Heidi immediately called 911 started chest compression only CPR and saved his life. A week later John came out of hospital and the same summer they went on their trip to Alaska, as they had planned.