Clinically validated mental-health software for public spaces.
Patrons step in, put on a headset, and complete a guided ten-minute grounding session inside a calming natural world. No staff, no scheduling, no clinical training.
Peer-reviewed finding
“Exposure to virtual natural environments effectively reduces anxiety, stress, and depression in healthy adults.”— npj Digital Medicine · Nature Portfolio
Research conducted with faculty from both institutions
Built for public libraries
A quiet corner that resets your community.
A single sensory kiosk tucks into a reading nook. Patrons of any age step in for a guided grounding session, no appointment or librarian intervention needed. It widens your community-health mandate without adding to anyone’s job.
The last open, trusted, un-clinical space
Libraries already serve everyone, for free, without a referral. Valen VR gives them a tool for in-the-moment relief that runs itself, asking nothing of staff beyond a lens wipe between patrons.
Average in-session calm rating
Valen VR pilot study · n = 25
Minimal operational burden
The device does the work. Your staff does almost nothing.
Every task a wellness program usually demands (scheduling, updates, onboarding, oversight) happens autonomously. One small manual step remains.
Autonomous scheduling
Opens and closes on your hours
Set your open/close parameters once. The kiosk wakes, greets patrons, and powers down on schedule. No one has to switch it on.
Over-the-air updates
New environments arrive at midnight
Content and security patches sync automatically while the building sleeps.
content + security · while the building sleeps
Universal onboarding
Guided inside the headset
Hand-tracked tooltips walk every patron to “Start Breathing Exercise.” No printed instructions, no help desk.
The only human task
A quick lens wipe between sessions
That's the entire manual directive. Sanitation supplies ship with the unit and restock from the portal.
Pilot study · Harvard & Boston University · n=25
52%
reduction in self-reported stress after a single ten-minute session.
