Seclusion Room: A 360°/VR Short film about mental health by MBD

Seclusion Room is a thought provoking look at the treatment of mental health and sectioning. Through immersive 360° and VR video, journey through one man’s experience of seclusion and being sectioned, transforming in to the evolution of his magical vision of the perfect seclusion room.
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About Seclusion Room:
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be sectioned? In this Virtual Reality 360° short story, artist David Parkin takes us on a journey exploring mental health struggles, inspired by his exhibition “Delusions of Grandeur”. David spend 4 months on a psychiatric ward, after being sectioned during a manic bipolar episode.
In this piece, David recounts his experience of solitary confinement in a padded white room. From frustration, to desperately pleading to leave, and finally his poetic imagining of his perfect secluded space.
As David discusses the implications and experience of being sectioned, MBD's virtual reality world takes over the blank white padded room, as the walls melt away to reveal a natural, magical space, with blue sky and trees. You can move your device around this space in 360°.
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MBD is an award-winning UK-based arts organisation that specialises in making immersive digital experiences, using VR and 360° video, to bring stories to life.
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[@rebeccatrevarrow7696]

This is such a helpful video. Thank you

[@suzannekneale6953]

I was put in one of these a long time ago. I started a fire without matches.

[@tonykinsella2105]

My dream room....where's the toilet?

[@belindarichards2582]

It is NOT an acceptable practice. The NHS mental health service is still living in the dark ages and has a long, long history of doing more Harm than good.

[@tstststst173]

In other European countries they use restraints and much higher doses of drugs instead. Is that better??