No, VR Doesn’t Create Empathy. Here’s Why.
The VR industry loves to tout itself as an engine for transmitting human experience — but it's operating with a muddy, superficial, and self-serving definition of empathy. Here's how it can be better.
Ainsley Sutherland was a 2015-2016 fellow in BuzzFeed's Open Lab for Journalism, Technology, and the Arts.
The VR industry loves to tout itself as an engine for transmitting human experience — but it's operating with a muddy, superficial, and self-serving definition of empathy. Here's how it can be better.
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The VR industry loves to tout itself as an engine for transmitting human experience — but it's operating with a muddy, superficial, and self-serving definition of empathy. Here's how it can be better.