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'Empathy machine' or false hope? How virtual reality is being used to try to stop domestic violence

  • Written by: Stuart M Bender, Senior Lecturer, Curtin University
'Empathy machine' or false hope? How virtual reality is being used to try to stop domestic violenceValentin Flauraud/ EPA/AAP

The French government has just announced a trial using virtual reality to try to prevent domestic violence.

There has been considerable excitement about this, with claims the virtual reality experience is an “empathy machine” that enhances the perpetrator’s ability to empathise with a victim’s fear....

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