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Every Choice You Make Is Life Or Death In This Daydream Impact VR Experience

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In 2015, American entrepeneur Chris Milk brought us Clouds Over Sidra , showing audiences how VR technology could be employed as a powerful “empathy machine,” a term he used to describe the medium during a TED talk that has since gathered over 1.5 million views. .

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Bringing War Home

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As early as 2015, Chris Milk brought us Clouds Over Sidra and showed how VR was indeed a powerful “empathy machine” as he described the medium in a TED talk that gathered over 1.5 This means that urban conflict accounted for 70% of all civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria. million views since then.

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How VR is Changing the Way We Think About Therapy

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Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military’s problem at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Over time, Virtual Iraq VRET advanced and morphed into project BRAVEMIND , which yielded exceedingly positive results through clinical trials. Founded by psychotherapist Thomas J.

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