Active Bystander Training

Virtual Reality self talk

ConVRself is changing the way you work through your challenges. See and hear yourself explain your problems from a third person perspective, and give yourself valuable advice.

How it works

1. Explain your problem
You will have a talk with your personalised 3D avatar and a ‘counsellor’ avatar of your choice. You then explain your problem to the counsellor.
2. Switch perspectives
Once you’re done explaining, you switch perspectives and become your own counsellor. You will see and hear yourself talk about the problem. You get to listen to it from an outsider’s perspective, as if talking to a friend and advice on how to tackle the problem.
3. Switch back
Now, you’re back in your own avatar, and you hear the counsellor give advice to you. Keep repeating this and have a conversation with yourself as long as you like.

1. Explain your problem
You will have a talk with your personalised 3D avatar and a ‘counsellor’ avatar of your choice. You then explain your problem to the counsellor.
2. Switch perspectives
Once you’re done explaining, you switch perspectives and become your own counsellor. You will see and hear yourself talk about the problem. You get to listen to it from an outsider’s perspective, as if talking to a friend and advice on how to tackle the problem.
3. Switch back
Now, you’re back in your own avatar, and you hear the counsellor give advice to you. Keep repeating this and have a conversation with yourself as long as you like.

Use cases

Obesity treatment

Depression

Conflict resolution

Smoking cessation

Idea generation

Reverse mentoring

Problem solving

Habit forming

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Our partners

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme Under Grant Agreemenent Number 836707.
EIT Health is supported by the EIT, a body of the European Union.

Lee Watson, LGBTQ+ Network Lead at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

ConVRself Website

Research