Mindset areas of focus
The Mindset-XR Innovation Support Programme assists innovators working on a range of extended reality therapeutic interventions:
Children & Young People (CYP)
XR can help children and young people living with mental health challenges by providing engaging, interactive learning experiences, fostering social skills, and offering therapeutic tools.
- Aerial Icon Ltd
Aerial Icon Ltd is developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered VR that will support those experiencing seasonal affective disorder using immersive environments that support emotional wellbeing.
Visit their website - Ascentys Ltd
Ascentys Ltd is developing an online, VR-based video game designed to be an easy-to-use digital therapy for supporting young people aged 13 to 18 with depression.
Visit their website - Awen Emotions Ltd
Awen Emotions aims to address the widespread issue of anxiety by developing a personalised, VR-based therapy for people of all ages.
Visit their website - BfB Labs Ltd
BFB Labs is developing digital therapeutic games that are evidence-based designed to support adolescents with low mood and depression.
Visit their website - Borderpoint Films Ltd
Borderpoint Films Ltd is developing a virtual reality intervention designed to support young people who hear voices.
Visit their website - Braingaze
This project provides a gaze-controlled casual games that is being developed to reduce ADHD symptoms in the XR world.
Visit their website - EcoGPX Ltd
EcoGPX is developing Intercultural Roots for Public Health, XR-enabled interactive experiences that aim to relieve immediate symptoms and create long-term benefits through nature-connectedness, place-attachment and community.
Visit their website - Good With Ltd
Good With is developing the FinIQ™ financial psycho-educational pathway, offering young adults a gamified financial education experience based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) principles.
Visit their website - Greener Games
Greener Games is developing Harmony, a personalised XR therapeutic solution aimed at supporting people with moderate to severe mental health conditions.
Visit their websit - Haven XR
Haven Studios Ltd is developing a digital, extended-reality (XR) platform focused on delivering immersive mental wellness experiences through VR-based therapeutic sessions such as anxiety management, stress relief and self-compassion.
Visit their website - Holo-Log Ltd
Holo-log is developing Mind Space, a holographic video conferencing platform designed to offer effective engagement during remote therapy sessions.
Visit their website - Little Beginnings Ltd
Little Beginnings is developing MindPsy, which passively analyses smartphone data to track and display behavioural patterns associated with mental health. It uses clinical AI avatars in a social simulation game to mentor users and gamify small behavioural changes to help maintain mental health balance.
Visit their website - Phase Space Ltd
Phase Space is developing a VR-based early intervention designed to support anxiety in students and young people.
Visit their website - Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd
Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd is developing an app that aims to help young people express their feelings using XR, filters and photos.
Visit their website - Play Well For Life Ltd
Play Well for Life is developing an augmented reality board game to support the mental health of children, young people and those that helps them, with the skills needed to make informed decisions and lead fulfilled lives through game-based learning.
Visit their website - Quiet Forces Ltd
Quiet Forces seeks to assist individuals in regaining focus and enhancing their mental well-being through cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness by developing a tool that merges evidence-based techniques with the creative potential of gaming.
Visit their website - Safe Space Labs
Safe Space Labs is developing a digital health therapeutic using AI and AR to support neurodivergent young people between 8-14 yrs old with social and emotional skill development.
Visit their website - Scenegraph Studios Ltd
Scenegraph Studios Ltd’s is developing SpiritVR, a virtual reality application supporting people with anxiety through immersive learning.
Visit their website - Sketchbook Games Ltd
Sketchbook Games is developing Soul Garden, a digital video game designed to improve mental health. It features an engaging narrative puzzle, high-fidelity visuals, and evidence-based therapeutic techniques.
Visit their website - Squidsoup Ltd
Squidsoup’s Mixed Reality technology is being developed to offer children and young people immersive experiences in digitally augmented spaces.
Visit their website - SyncVR Medical UK Ltd
In collaboration with South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, SyncVR is developing the Oasis project, an artificial intelligence-based virtual reality application to support people with eating disorders waiting for treatment.
Visit their website - XR Therapeutics Ltd
XR Therapeutic is a Class 1 medical device immersive technology for use in talking therapies.
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Physical Health & Mental Health
XR can provide patients calming therapeutic experiences to support anxiety around medical treatments and for physical health conditions; examples include stroke, menopause, and pain management.
- Braingaze
This project provides a gaze-controlled casual games that is being developed to reduce ADHD symptoms in the XR world.
Visit their website - Cineon Training Ltd
Cineon pioneers are developing virtual reality exposure therapy tools to help patients who are anxious about receiving health care treatments, specifically MRI Scanning.
Visit their website - Nudge Reality Ltd
Nudge Reality’s is developing a novel treatment for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) delivers digital, personalised, responsive hypnosis using VR.
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Solutions for Staff
XR can support staff by offering immersive training simulations, improve skills and reduce stress through virtual environments that enhance decision-making and team collaboration.
- Anagram
Anagram has developed Inside Mental Health, an immersive, empathetic mental health simulation tool for healthcare staff and students designed to improve compassion and reduce stigma for patients with severe mental health issues.
Visit their website - Care Reality Ltd
Care Reality is developing a learning platform that puts staff in real-life care scenarios so that they can safely feel what it’s like to make a difference — and build the skills they need to practice
Visit their website - Cineon Ltd
Cineon is developing a VR stress therapy tool that adapts in real-time to anxiety levels, helping NHS and emergency workers recover and stay in work.
Visit their website - EXR Solutions Ltd
EXR Solutions aims to reduce workplace stress and burnout in community mental health teams by co-developing and testing XR interventions, grounded in behavioural theory in health care settings.
Visit their website - Greener Games
Greener Games is developing Harmony, a personalised XR therapeutic solution aimed at supporting people with moderate to severe mental health conditions.
Visit their website - Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd
Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd is developing an app that aims to help young people express their feelings using XR, filters and photos.
Visit their website - Reinhart Ltd
Reinhart Ltd is enhancing EMDR therapy by delivering it through virtual reality, improving accessibility, reducing costs, and increasing treatment efficiency for trauma across the UK.
Visit their website - Zecora Ura
WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE is developing arts-based immersive content and use of affective touch to provide effective empathy training for nursing students to facilitate positive mental health outcomes for patients.
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Neurodiversity
XR can support individuals with neurodiversity by offering tailored, sensory-friendly environments and tools for social skills training, emotional regulation and cognitive development.
- Anagram
Anagram is developing Inside Mental Health, an immersive training tool for staff in health and education settings with the aim of improving staff empathy and reducing stigma for people living with ADHD.
Visit their website - Braingaze
This project provides a gaze-controlled casual games that is being developed to reduce ADHD symptoms in the XR world.
Visit their website - Greener Games
Greener Games is developing Harmony, a personalised XR therapeutic solution aimed at supporting people with moderate to severe mental health conditions.
Visit their website - Neurotech Ltd
Neurotech Ltd. is developing a software firm specialising in immersive VR and AR technology that offers accessible education and healthcare solutions for young people with autism.
Visit their website - Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd
Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd is developing an app that aims to help young people express their feelings using XR, filters and photos.
Visit their website - Safe Space Labs
Safe Space Labs is developing a digital health therapeutic using AI and AR to support neurodivergent young people between 8-14 yrs old with social and emotional skill development.
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Serious Mental Illness
XR can assist in treating serious mental illness by providing controlled, immersive environments for personalised therapeutic interventions, such as exposure therapy and cognitive rehabilitation
- Anagram
Anagram is developing Inside Mental Health, an immersive training tool for staff in health and education settings with the aim of improving staff empathy and reducing stigma for people living with ADHD.
Visit their website - Braingaze
This project provides a gaze-controlled casual games that is being developed to reduce ADHD symptoms in the XR world.
Visit their website - Greener Games
Greener Games is developing Harmony, a personalised XR therapeutic solution aimed at supporting people with moderate to severe mental health conditions.
Visit their website - Neurotech Ltd
Neurotech Ltd. is developing a software firm specialising in immersive VR and AR technology that offers accessible education and healthcare solutions for young people with autism.
Visit their website - Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd
Photography Based Therapeutics (PBT) Ltd is developing an app that aims to help young people express their feelings using XR, filters and photos.
Visit their website - Safe Space Labs
Safe Space Labs is developing a digital health therapeutic using AI and AR to support neurodivergent young people between 8-14 yrs old with social and emotional skill development.
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Older Adults
XR can enhance older adults’ well-being by offering virtual social interactions, cognitive exercises and immersive experiences that combat isolation, improve mobility and support mental health.
- CrossSense Ltd
CrossSense Ltd has developed a tool that guides people with dementia step-by-step through activities.
Visit their website - Greener Games
Greener Games is developing Harmony, a personalised XR therapeutic solution aimed at supporting people with moderate to severe mental health conditions.
Visit their website - Human Studio
LifePathXR is developing a virtual reality tool for creating life stories to support patients with their mental health and share with others.
Visit their website - Nudge Reality Ltd
Nudge Reality is developing a novel treatment for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) delivers digital, personalised, responsive hypnosis using VR.
Visit their website - Pixel Mill Ltd
Pixel Mill aims to tackle loneliness among elderly people by developing a tool that’ll help participants work together on meaningful collaborative tasks in an accessible virtual space.
Visit their website - Recreo VR Ltd
Recreo VR is developing a virtual reality solution specifically designed for people in residential care, providing tailored 360-degree experiences to support both mental and social well-being.
Visit their website - Tycho Medlink Ltd
Tycho Medlink is developing a tool that’ll address cognitive impairment in individuals with neurological conditions, ageing populations, and those who have experienced brain injuries or strokes.
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Adult Mental Health
XR can aid adult mental health by offering immersive therapy environments for exposure therapy, stress reduction, and mindfulness exercises to promote emotional well-being.
- Aerial Icon Ltd
Aerial Icon Ltd is developing an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered VR that will support those experiencing seasonal affective disorder using immersive environments that support emotional wellness.
Visit their website - Braingaze
This project provides a gaze-controlled casual games that is being developed to reduce ADHD symptoms in the XR world.
Visit their website - EcoGPX Ltd
EcoGPX is developing Intercultural Roots for Public Health, XR-enabled interactive experiences that aim to relieve immediate symptoms and create long-term benefits through nature-connectedness, place-attachment and community.
Visit their website - Elixi Health
Elixi Health is developing an adaptive VR exposure therapy platform integrating biofeedback and AI to personalise PTSD treatment, reduce sessions, and improve overall therapy outcomes.
Visit their website - Greener Games
Greener Games is developing Harmony, a personalised XR therapeutic solution aimed at supporting people with moderate to severe mental health conditions.
Visit their website - Human Studio Ltd
LifePathXR is developing a virtual reality tool for creating life stories to support patients with their mental health and share with others.
Visit their website - Propeer Solutions Ltd
This project provides a virtual reality tool that is being developed to support PTSD therapy by allowing clinicians to create and customise personalised, immersive environments tailored to patients’ trauma experiences through an intuitive website.
Visit their website - Nudge Reality Ltd
Nudge Reality’s is developing novel treatment for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) delivers digital, personalised, responsive hypnosis using VR.
Visit their website - Inside Out
InsideOut is developing a digital mental health platform that is mobile-first and aims to provide individuals with personalised and evidence-based support.
Visit their website - Tend VR Ltd
Tend VR is an immersive VR Class 1 medical device, for the adaption of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (VR-MBCT) for depression and anxiety, delivered at a time and place chosen by the service user.
Visit their website - XR Therapeutics
XR Therapeutic is a Class 1 medical device immersive technology for use in talking therapies.
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Solutions: Primary care settings
Watch this film to see how our innovator solutions are being used in primary care
- Solutions: Primary care settings
Mindset innovators share their solutions for use in primary care settings.
Watch the film - Holly Health Ltd
Holly Health Ltd provides personalised AI-powered health coaching to help people build sustainable healthy habits for physical and mental wellbeing.
Visit their website - Intercultural Roots Ltd/EcoGPX
Intercultural Roots/EcoGPX offers XR-enabled interactive experiences connecting people with anxiety to their local natural spaces, relieving immediate symptoms and creating long-term benefits through nature-connectedness, place-attachment and community.
Visit their website - MindTrack360 Ltd
MindTrack 360 Ltd builds on the core ideas and successful strategies behind the web-based Life Process Program, reimagining them in a fresh, interactive format.
Visit their website - Play Well For Life Ltd
Play Well For Life Ltd works with service providers to support the reintegration of young people unable to attend school due to their mental health.
Visit their website - Reinhart Ltd
Reinhart Ltd enhances EMDR therapy by delivering it through virtual reality, improving accessibility, reducing costs, and increasing treatment efficiency for trauma across the UK..
Visit their website - Reneural Ltd
Reneural Ltd builds immersive XR/VR-enabled rehabilitation technology to support personalised stroke recovery and neurorehabilitation both in clinics and at home.
Visit their website - Tend VR
Tend VR Ltd offers a highly affordable and effective depression treatment, delivered at scale via virtual reality in communities, cutting patient waiting lists and preventing worsening mental health..
Visit their website - XR Therapeutics Ltd
XR Therapeutic Ltd integrates XR with eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing and trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy to support people living with PTSD and trauma.
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