The International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) created “The Virtual NDE” video that uses virtual reality technology to synthesize common elements in near-death experience (NDE) reports, offering the world a highly visual look at the transition from life to bodily death.
Artist and digital technologist Virgil Wong, MFA, and artist and hypnotherapist Daniel Ryan, BFA, MS, collaborated with IANDS leaders in creating the video based on IANDS’s extensive collection of reported NDEs. “The Virtual NDE” may be viewed through virtual reality technology, which offers the fullest experience, or through this also compelling and more widely available YouTube version.
IANDS developed the video to help those who have not had near death experiences better understand them and adopt positive views about life and mortality. Near-death experiences have been reported by 4 to 15 percent of the general population and by an estimated 18 percent of cardiac arrest survivors. These reports have occurred over time and across cultures, and among people with and without religious beliefs.
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