US Patent 11425351 Method and system for creating an out-of-body experience

A computer-implemented method for inducing an Out of Body Experience (OBE) in a user through an augmented/virtual reality (ARNR) system, the OBE including an exit state and a disembodiment state, the method comprising the steps of (a) changing the user viewpoint from body-centered viewpoint to distanced viewpoints, thereby inducing an OBE exit state, and (b) showing to the user his/her own body from the distanced viewpoints, thereby inducing an OBE disembodiment state.