  Mindfulness can be defined as increased awareness of and sustained
attentiveness to the present moment. Recently, there has been a growing
interest in the applications of mindfulness for empirical research in wellbeing
and the use of virtual reality (VR) environments and 3D interfaces as a conduit
for mindfulness training. Accordingly, the current experiment investigated
whether a brief VR-based mindfulness intervention could induce a greater level
of state mindfulness, when compared to an audio-based intervention and control
group. Results indicated two mindfulness interventions, VR-based and
audio-based, induced a greater state of mindfulness, compared to the control
group. Participants in the VR-based mindfulness intervention group reported a
greater state of mindfulness than those in the guided audio group, indicating
the immersive mindfulness intervention was more robust. Collectively, these
results provide empirical support for the efficaciousness of a brief VR-based
mindfulness intervention in inducing a robust state of mindfulness in
laboratory settings.
