VR News: The answer to that question is yes, but depending on what app they use. You see, this small study note is based on people watching 360 news videos and how it helps to put people into the scene. So if the future of news reporting is VR, will we all have more empathy? Danny Paez from inverse.com finds out…
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My Thoughts on this Story: VR is great for helping to put you “into the shoes” of a character or in this case a real-life person. So when it comes to feeling more empathy for various things and people its a lot easier because even though it was a brief moment you are indeed placed in someone else’s shoes. VR has proven time and time again that it can indeed play on your emotions, but then again so can cinema!
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