Proponents Of Virtual Reality Need To Stop Pretending It’s An Empathy Machine

It’s not – no tech is, and it’s dangerous to think that VR can cause more empathy. “Imagine if I came to the conclusion that homelessness wasn’t that big a deal because I enjoyed the challenging puzzle elements in the VR experience Becoming Homeless. Even worse, imagine if I believed I now had better insight into homelessness, and that my enjoyment left me with the impression that it wasn’t as bad as I feared.”