longevity U.Well By Unvrsl To Launch SA’s First Futuristic Sensory Reality Wellness Pod

The world of sensory reality is here, and excitingly, the very first wellness sensory reality device has just arrived in South Africa.

“Sensory reality allows for a range of multi-sensory real-life and fantasy-based experiences to be replicated in superb detail, with the body's five senses activated simultaneously. Multi-sensory digitisation of experiences will help 'bridge the gap' between reality and simulation,” explains Fred Galstaun, Director of Sensiks, the developers of the range of Sensiks Sensory Reality Pods who are based in the Netherlands.

“The metaverse will change the way humans live, work, play, socialise, travel, heal, shop and entertain themselves. Developments in multisensory metaverse technology will also bring profound discoveries in the field of neuroscience, unlocking new exiting capabilities of the human brain.”

“What computer programming did for the digitisation of society and economy in recent decades, is what sensory reality will do for understanding and optimising the mental states of human beings” Galstaun says.

The U.WELL x Sensiks Express Wellness Pod provides a safe space to calm down both mind and body, with soothing experiences that involve synchronised visuals, audio, fragrances, airflow, heat fluctuations, haptics, and vibrations. Over 2000 therapeutic multi-sensory reality experiences are available for relaxation, burnout prevention, anxiety reduction, mindfulness, guided meditation, pain relief, education, and entertainment. Customised content can also be created.

The emotional state of users can be assessed and directed via interactive biofeedback sensors that measure and align biometrics such as heart rate, HRV, GSR, respiration facial expressions and more.

Sensory reality pods - which are situated at prestigious addresses around the world, including Selfridges stores across the UK, and utilised by corporate clients including Barclays Bank, KLM and Lufthansa airlines, the Dutch Ministry of Defence, the NHS in the UK, and many others - have been shown to have a significant positive impact in the treatment of mental health disorders, stress reduction and burnout prevention, PTSD, addiction, anxiety, neo natal illnesses, muscular skeletal disorders and more.

The use of cognitive distraction as a pain and anxiety management strategy is well tested and proven. Being immersed in the sensory reality provided by the pod offers distraction from physical and mental adversities. Sensory reality in the healthcare field is the futureand together with virtual and augmented reality, is set to become a part of our everyday lives.

The vanguard U.WELL x Sensiks Express Wellness Pod that has recently arrived in South Africa is now available to the public at a pop-up location in the V&A Waterfront until 31 May 2023 and will later be housed, alongside several larger sensory reality pods - the U.WELL x Sensiks Wellcare Pods - in a futuristic AI-enabled wellness facility that is opening its doors at the iconic V&A Waterfront. U.WELL will be the exclusive partner for pod experiences and distribution of the Sensiks pod range in South Africa.

UNVRSL are the pioneers and inventors of 'WellCare'that aims to implement disease modifying strategies through risk identification, early detection and interventions, and prevention of disease manifestation using various bio-psycho-social management strategies, thereby maintaining wellness.

“We are so excited to be launching this futuristic technology in South Africa” comments Chalandra Naidoo, CIO and Programme Officer for U.WELL.