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#581: Using Abstract VR Art for Neural Entrainment & Brain Research + Can Creative AI Become Conscious?
By Kent Bye
Interview with artist Kevin Mack about Blortasia and Zen Parade, abstract VR works discussed in relation to awe, neural entrainment, meditation, and psychedelic or transpersonal experience. The episode also raises possible research and therapeutic applications, but those claims are not independently substantiated on the page.
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