The ground truth layer
Sensoria events are the differentiator. Carefully designed containers where state engineering methodology produces high-fidelity phenomenological data that no lab can replicate.
Events are research infrastructure.
Every Sensoria event is designed as a dual-purpose environment: a transformative experience for participants and a data collection site for consciousness science. Non-intrusive multimodal capture embedded in immersive, safe containers with substantial harm reduction resources.
The result is a different kind of gathering, purposeful and immersive, that both facilitates transformative states and contributes research-grade data to a longer-running scientific endeavor.
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Three formats. One research mission.
Each format generates different types of phenomenological data at different scales, from intimate characterization sessions to population-scale datasets.
Salons
Small-group characterization sessions with researchers and thought leaders. Deep phenomenological inquiry and calibration of reporting skills.
Retreats & Flagships
Multi-day immersive research events combining science with transformative experiences. Full deployment of the research toolkit with multiple concurrent studies and data collection protocols.
Installations
Art-science environments where the artwork is the intervention and the measurement. Visitors become both audience and instrument: each room responds to the aggregate biometric state of everyone inside it.
Where we have deployed.
Consciousness Conclave
A five-day retreat combining research with transformative experiences. Featured immersive journeys, discussions with leading experts, and full research protocol deployment.
Psychonaut's Playground
Built on the Conclave foundation at expanded scale: more participants, more experiences, more days. Deployed deeper data collection protocols, more specialized research questions, and refined experience design based on Conclave findings.
Five layers of embedded capture.
Every tool is designed to be non-intrusive: participants have transformative experiences while generating research-grade data.
Wearable Biosensors
HRV, galvanic skin response, and movement. Continuous biometric time-series paired with phenomenological data.
Euqualia Agent
Adaptive phenomenological interviewing that adjusts to each participant's level. In development.
Assessment Instruments
PPIA and GPCA-120, deployed as baseline and post-experience measures.
In the ProceedingsNeuroPhen Suite
Movement, interaction, prosody, psychophysiological signals, and aesthetic responses. In development.
SDRF
Every contribution consented, encrypted, and controlled by the contributor.
Read the white paperFrom audience to instrument.
Every participant contributes to consciousness science simply by having an experience. No lab coat required.
Arrive
Receive a wearable biosensor. Baseline biometrics captured: HRV, galvanic skin response, movement. Optional phenomenological interview.
Navigate
Choose your own path through the experience. No prescribed order. Natural curiosity drives exploration while data streams continuously.
Experience
Immerse in designed environments that pair tailored conscious states with rich data capture. The experience is the intervention and the measurement.
Reflect
A phenomenological companion asks structured questions at exit. Qualitative data pairs with your biometric timeline for a complete picture.
Every participant advances the science.
Phenomenological Dataset
Microphenomenological reports paired with biometric time-series data from the field. Sovereign data architecture means every contribution is consented, encrypted, and controlled by the contributor.
Validating the NPSS Coordinate System
Empirical validation of the multidimensional state space model through real participant data. Are these the right dimensions? How do they predict well-being outcomes? Events answer questions that lab studies cannot.
Published Research and Open Instruments
Peer-reviewed papers, open-access phenomenological assessment tools, and reproducible protocols. The work contributes to the cumulative scientific record on consciousness.
Sensoria Experience produces the experiences.
Sensoria Research provides the science.
Sensoria Experience is a separate entity that designs, produces, and hosts all Sensoria gatherings. Sensoria Research, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, develops the research protocols, deploys instruments, collects data, and publishes findings. Two organizations, one mission.
Experience it yourself.
The next event is the fastest way into the work.