Building long-term empathy: A large-scale comparison of traditional and virtual reality perspective-taking.

Virtual Reality (VR) has been increasingly referred to as the "ultimate empathy machine" since it allows users to experience any situation from any point of view. However, empirical evidence supporting the claim that VR is a more effective method of eliciting empathy than traditional persp...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Herrera, Jeremy Bailenson, Erika Weisz, Elise Ogle, Jamil Zaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6192572?pdf=render