Virtual reality experience forces people to lose their jobs and homes, boosts empathy

Reading a news story about an increase in the homeless population might make you feel sad for a moment but if we're all being honest you're probably going to totally forget about it a minute or so later. We've all become quite skilled at totally separating ourselves from the plight of our fellow humans, and that's a problem that researchers from Stanford think they might be able to fix with virtual reality. A new study by Stanford scientists focused on using VR to boost empathy by putting people...