At the Afrofuturist UK conference held in Birmingham, United Kingdom, I was asked to speak on the potential for virtual reality to improve empathy/mitigate unconscious bias towards poc in workplaces. I discussed my MA Thesis and Research Project in-depth and gave an overview on the types of vr tools available, and the research of proven effective methods that have been done by University of Barcelona, United Nations, and Stanford University

1. VR AND EMPATHY
VR FOR IMPROVING THE BLACK EXPERIENCE

2. VR OVERVIEW-PAST,
PRESENT, FUTURE
1. ORIGINATION
2. PURPOSES
3. CURRENT VR STATE
4. PROJECTED FUTURE OF VR

3. About ME -in @2015, Built my first VR Demo for Oculus DK2
using Unity3D on Mac for my MA Thesis: Mitigating
Unconscious Bias with Virtual Reality
-Debuted at LCC PostGrad Exhibition Nov. 2015
-UX Specialist
-Collaborated with UAL for VR Demo--Unconscious
Bias in Health Industry
-Currently, AR/VR Academy student in Silicon Valley
-Brand Ambassador for Oculus

4. Empathy & VR
Empathy + Emotional Response +
Cognition

5. Chris Milk

6. Empathy & VR: Chris Milk

7. Empathy & VR: University of Barcelona

8. VR Simulations for
Police Training
VirTra

9. VR & Empathy: Headsets

10. Oculus Rift CV1
Headset
Built-in headphones
Position Tracker Sensor
Xbox Controller
Remote
$599

11. HTC Vive
Headset
Position Tracker Sensor
Motion Controllers
$799

12. HTC Vive
Mobile VR Headset
Touchpad
$99
*requires Android phone SG6, SG6
Edge, SG7, Note 4
Samsung Gear VR
Powered by Oculus

13. Google Cardboard
Mobile Ready Cardboard + Lens
$15+
* Requires Android

14. WebGL
WebGL (Web Graphics
Library) is a JavaScript
API for rendering
interactive 3D computer
graphics and 2D
graphics within any
compatible web
browser without the use
of plug-ins.

15. GETTING
STARTED
FREE GAME ENGINES

16. GETTING
STARTED:
User Interface

22. UNITY 3D Workflow
SET-UP your Unity 3D Projects with specific hardware compatible plugins like
GoogleVR or the Oculus sdk
Understanding the USER INTERFACE
Knowing where to look for ASSETS to develop your game
BUILD your game for specific hardware (oculus, samsung gear, cardboard, vive,
etc)

23. VR EXPORT
HEADSET aka HMD (Head Mount Display):
Compatible MOBILE DEVICES - Androids of iOs
BROWSER - WEB GL (Codes-- ReactVR, A-Frame, etc)

24. PLAY! DEMO, prototype, games, environments,
videos, stories….

25. MY PROJECT
I built a life-sized
interactive prototype
that proposed how VR
games that mitigated
unconscious bias could
be played in an
everyday workspace.
This was debuted at the
UAL: London College of
Communication’s
PostGrad Exhibition in
November 2015