Can VR change lives in the real world?
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Virtual lives: Could VR change how we think of others?

Researchers are studying whether “embodiment” - where you can see and control a virtual reality body - has effects in the real world.

Some experiments have suggested that giving people a virtual body can improve cognitive abilities and enhance their interest in a particular subject or reduce racial bias and domestic violence.

BBC Click finds out more.

See more at Click's website and @BBCClick.

  • 11 Oct 2018
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