TRIPP’s AI Meditation Guide Kōkua Debuts on XR

Trained across over 11M+ global wellness sessions, Kōkua XR leverages TRIPP’s arsenal of mood data to deliver individualized meditative reflections based on user feedback in real-time

Initially available on TRIPP’s mobile app, the offering expands to VR to meet the demand for personalized wellness experiences

Los Angeles, CA – WEBWIRE – Monday, July 29, 2024

“No path to wellness is the same, and with Kōkua we’re ensuring your journey to supporting your mental and emotional well-being is as unique as you are. It’s not just an upgrade; think of it as a whole new way to approach wellness…personal and able to be accessed and shared across multiple platforms," said Nanea Reeves, CEO and Founder of TRIPP.

TRIPP, the award-winning wellness technology company, today announced its AI meditation guide Kōkua XR is now available in virtual reality. Named after the Hawaiian concept of selfless care and support, Kōkua XR leverages TRIPP’s arsenal of mood data trained across TRIPP’s 11 million global wellness sessions, to generate hyper-personalized, interactive AI-powered reflections in real-time. Since its beta release on mobile in February, Kōkua XR has increased session engagement by over 100%--showcasing the robust appetite for tailored wellness experiences and the power of AI in unlocking hyper-personalization with real-time experience generation.

“From the very start of the company years ago, the TRIPP team has been envisioning personalized, dynamic and immersive experiences that learn and adapt to each user’s state in realtime,” said Tim Chang, Venture Partner from Mayfield who led TRIPP’s Seed round in 2017. “TRIPP has always been methodical about building a data and technology foundation in anticipation of emerging AI capabilities to tailor and optimize mindfulness and consciousness expanding experiences to unprecedented levels. TRIPP’s breath detection models now paired with their real-time AI generated meditations show the power of how hyper-personalized experiences can be used for positive impact as well as mental and emotional wellness.”

Kōkua XR is a first-of-its-kind approach to wellness that uses AI to not only deliver individualized reflections, but continues to evolve with each session to better support its users. The offering is built on mood data from over 11 million TRIPP sessions, where users are asked to self-report how they are feeling before and after each experience. The result is Kōkua XR’s powerful AI interface that is built from TRIPP’s patented and proprietary wellness focused data environment designed to deliver experiences that benefit the people using TRIPP’s apps on multiple platforms. Kōkua XR and TRIPP’s AI platform is truly powered by the TRIPP community. With each interaction, Kōkua XR learns how to better support its users - individually and as collectively across the entire TRIPP community. First available on mobile and the Meta Quest, Kōkua XR will be expanding across TRIPP’s platforms in the coming months.

“The people who use TRIPP have played a unique role in shaping this technology by sharing their feelings with us. Each session allows our members to embody the collaborative and selfless spirit of Kōkua, enhancing support for themselves and others,” said Nanea Reeves, CEO and Founder of TRIPP. “No path to wellness is the same, and with Kōkua we’re ensuring your journey to supporting your mental and emotional well-being is as unique as you are. It’s not just an upgrade; think of it as a whole new way to approach wellness…personal and able to be accessed and shared across multiple platforms.”

TRIPP utilizes two established patents to dynamically customize wellness experiences, responding immediately to changes in a user’s mood and key physical indicators such as breathing patterns collected from the headset itself. The system collects mood data, breath movement data and generates scores from user surveys before and after sessions to build a mood and emotions vector database, enabling AI to generate tailored meditations. Thanks to new pending patents, TRIPP ensures accurate user input with a unique interaction system that allows corrections, cancellations, and interruptions, and delivers snappy, context-rich responses by treating voice as dialogue lines rather than an audio stream through a proprietary atomic delivery method. This unique approach allows TRIPP to continually refine its offerings, providing users with the most effective and relevant content for their well-being.

[p"It’s no secret that generative AI has profoundly changed our experience with everyday interactions and experiences, and our approach to wellbeing is no exception,” said Malte Barth, Founding Partner at Bitkraft who led TRIPP’s Series A round in 2022. “Nanea and the TRIPP team have spent the last 5 years building one of the most powerful engines to deliver meditation and wellness experiences that is unparalleled in its personalized touch and commitment to users. Her vision has been lightyears ahead of most.”[/p]

The announcement comes on the heels of several milestones including being named among the Best in Spatial Computing on the Apple Vision Pro, and Founder and CEO Nanea Reeves recognized as a finalist in the Women that Build Awards 2024. TRIPP has also received over 2.6 million five star ratings in-app on its experiences and is also the most reviewed mindfulness app on the Meta Quest platform. A pioneer in XR wellness, TRIPP continues to leverage AI and immersive technology in order to deliver personalized wellness experiences to its users around the world.

To learn more about TRIPP’s award-winning offerings visit tripp.com or download our mobile app.

About TRIPP

TRIPP is an award-winning XR wellness company that uses AI and immersive technologies to pioneer hyper-personalized mindfulness solutions. Informed by research, TRIPP combines awe-inspiring worldscapes with binaural sound frequencies, gamification, and mindfulness structures to empower people around the world on their journey toward emotional and mental well-being. Known for its “Mood On Demand” experiences across VR, AR, and mobile, TRIPP has garnered notable accolades including GamesBeat and Lightspeed’s 2024 Game Changers, Tom’s Guide’s Best Meditation App 2023, and TIME’s Best Inventions 2022. Beyond individual users, TRIPP is expanding into corporate wellness offering a new dimension to employee well-being, and actively participates in clinical trials exploring the use of virtual reality in supporting mental health outcomes. TRIPP’s approach marks a significant step forward in the way we perceive and achieve wellness through the use of technology for good. For more information, visit tripp.com.

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