February 14, 2025

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Tech startup Brain Vector gets a boost at Australian Open

Tech startup Brain Vector gets a boost at Australian Open

Australian tennis ace Archie Graham’s successful defence of his Australian Open Intellectual Disability Championships title over the long weekend has given Sydney-based tech startup Brain Vector hope that its groundbreaking neuroscience technology could play a role in giving high-performance athletes an edge in competition.

Brain Vector has been working with Graham, the world’s number one disability champion tennis player, by using its artificial intelligence (AI) and innovative virtual reality (VR) equipment to generate positive emotions to improve his performance before, during and after the game.

Graham, who has autism spectrum disorder, won back-to-back championships at the Australian Open event and prior to the tournament had been looking to research ways to improve his mental performance, facilitate faster recovery and give him a competitive mental edge.

Brain Vector, which was founded by neurologist Dr Stephane Verhaeghe and Dan Stevens, has spent several years developing the mental health software that delivers individuals’ positive memories in an immersive way via VR for sport or mental health issues.

Verhaeghe leveraged years’ experience in treatment development to create technology that can draw on positive emotions rather than medication to heal mental stress and improve performance by activating natural neurotransmitters.

“This non-pharmacological approach combines VR and emotion-AI to recreate or recall personal memories, sparking positive emotions that can influence the brain’s chemical balance,” says Verhaeghe.

Brain Vector has collaborated with the Sport and Exercise Science department at Swinburne University and Dr Harry Banyard to provide Graham with fully personalised sessions using the technology.

Graham also was able to transmit physical updates throughout his games to a computer using a Biostrap wearable leveraging software developed by inTruth Technologies, which is labelled as the world’s first emotion biotech.

“Eighty per cent of decisions are emotionally driven, yet emotions remain largely illusive and misunderstood,” says Nicole Gibson, founder and CEO of inTruth Technologies.

“It’s exciting to know that inTruth can support the validation process of technologies like Brain Vector. This has profound implications as it will allow us to provide Archie with powerful insight to support his personal and professional journey.”

Brain Vector’s key product, VRPME (Virtual Reality Positive Memory Enhancement), is a tool that turns personal memories into immersive VR experiences which are designed to boost emotional resilience and mental health.

“By immersing individuals in fully personalised virtual environments based on their happiest moments, Brain Vector stimulates the natural release of ‘feel-good’ neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine in the brain,” says Verhaeghe.

The Brain Vector founder says Graham’s performance showcases how technology can empower individuals to achieve their best.

The technology has generated interest and support from mental health professionals including the Australian Psychological Society conference.

“Experts, including Bessel van der Kolk, a world-leading Dutch psychiatrist, were impressed by the technology’s potential to enhance emotional resilience and wellbeing in non-traditional ways,” says Verhaeghe.

Brain Vector plans to distribute the technology globally to support mental health experts in treating patients and advancing emotional health care.

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