Over the past few years, the cost to deploy VR has plummeted, and the technology has expanded into more general use at Fortune 500 corporations, where employees working in industries such as retail, logistics, and customer service are practicing in VR headsets to get...
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Beam me out to the ballgame, SF Chronicle
Cardboard standees get old fast. With augmented reality, the fans can be live, interactive and a part of the action of the game.San Francisco Chronicle »[button text="View PDF" link="/mm/2020/08/Beam-me-out-to-the-ballgame-SFChronicle.pdf" style="default"...
Exploring the realities of racism through virtual reality, The Daily Binge
Courtney D. Cogburn and Jeremy Bailenson discus their collaboration on "1000 Cut Journey" an immersive virtual reality experience, that allows participants of the experience, to become a fictional black male character, as he encounters racism as a young child, an...
Why Zoom Meetings Can Exhaust Us, The Wall Street Journal
Prof. Jeremy Bailenson discusses why many of us are getting mentally exhausted from videoconferencing—whether for a work meeting, an online dance class, or a virtual happy hour.The Wall Street Journal »
VHIL research examines how augmented reality affects people’s behavior, Stanford News
Researchers found that after people had an experience in augmented reality (AR) – simulated by wearing goggles that layer computer-generated content onto real-world environments – their interactions in their physical world changed as well, even with the AR device...
Stanford Takes Students on Virtual Undersea Journey, NBC Bay Area
NBC Bay Area interviews VHIL researchers Geraldine Fauville and Anna Muller about the lab's ongoing environmental and education research NBC Bay Area » [video width="704" height="384"...
Virtual reality can help make people more compassionate compared to other media, Stanford News
Virtual Human Interaction Lab researchers found that people who underwent a virtual reality experience, called “Becoming Homeless,” were more empathetic toward the homeless and more likely to sign a petition in support of affordable housing than other study...
How experiencing discrimination in VR can make you less biased, Big Think
What would it be like to live in the body of someone else? In this video Jeremy Bailenson describes how virtual reality experiences can increase empathy for others. Big Think » [video width="1912" height="1088"...
We Are VR: Will virtual reality make you virtuous?, PRX Big Picture Science
Host Seth Shostak puts on a VR headset at VHIL for an immersive experience of a man who’s evicted from his apartment. Jeremy Bailenson says the experience creates empathy and sparks activism to address homelessness. Full Episode at PRX »
Virtual Technology with guest Jeremy Bailenson, The Future of Everything
Host Russ Altman interviews Jeremy Bailenson. Bailenson shares his insights on how Virtual Reality will be used as a tool for business, learning, and fun in the near future. Stanford Radio »
A new report by VHIL and Common Sense Media examines the potential effect of virtual reality on children, Stanford News
Published April 4 in collaboration with Common Sense Media, Virtual Reality 101: What You Need to Know About Kids and VR, is a resource to better understand how this new technology can be applied to everyday life and learning. Stanford Report » [button text="View PDF"...
Virtual Reality — Jeremy Bailenson, The #GSPodcast
Bailenson talks about his new book ‘Experience On Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do’. The future of VR technology is an exciting one. Where will it lead us? How can it help us? And what are some of the concerns?
How to create empathy in VR, WIRED
In his WIRED opinion piece, Prof. Jeremy Bailenson discusses the growing body of scientific evidence showing that creating empathy in virtual reality is more successful if the headset wearer moves around. WIRED » [button text="View PDF"...
How VR can change your brain: Interview with “Experience on Demand” author Jeremy Bailenson, Recode
Bailenson's lab is focusing on “content worth doing,” such as experiments around how virtual reality affects our minds. But on the new podcast, he elaborated on why telling stories in VR is so difficult, which may be why the medium hasn’t yet yielded a must-watch...
How Virtual Reality Affects Actual Reality, National Geographic
When National Geographic caught up with him by phone from Stanford, Bailenson explained how VR is now being used to raise awareness about climate change, help quarterbacks memorize plays for the NFL, and even help first 9/11 responders suffering from PTSD. National...