Collaborative research project by Dr. Sameer Kishore titled: ‘A Virtual Reality Embodiment Technique to Enhance Helping Behavior of Police Toward a Victim of Police Racial Aggression’ published in Presence journal
- Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Dr. Sameer Kishore and his co-authors have had their paper titled ‘A Virtual Reality Embodiment Technique to Enhance Helping Behavior of Police Toward a Victim of Police Racial Aggression’ published in Presence: Virtual and Augmented Reality. It’s one of the oldest journals focusing on research related to VR/AR.
This project which started out in 2018, was carried out by Sameer with his former colleagues at University of Barcelona, and in collaboration with Google (specifically Jigsaw, a “think tank” that works towards using tech for social good). The project used Virtual Reality with police officers at an inner-city police department in the US to investigate and develop innovative methods for tackling implicit racial bias. The results are promising and provide further evidence of how VR could be effectively used towards creating societal change.
Kishore, S., Spanlang, B., Iruretagoyena, G., Halan, S., Szostak, D., & Slater, M. (2021). A Virtual Reality Embodiment Technique to Enhance Helping Behavior of Police Toward a Victim of Police Racial Aggression. PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality, 28, 5-27. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres_a_00339
You can read/download the full paper and access accompanying video using the following links:
Link to publication: https://direct.mit.edu/pvar/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/pres_a_00339/106763/A-Virtual-Reality-Embodiment-Technique-to-Enhance?redirectedFrom=fulltext
Link to full paper: http://publicationslist.org/data/melslater/ref-379/pres_a_00339.pdf
Link to accompanying video (Warning: Strong, but realistic language): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb9QAUkZWic
