Forging Stronger Bonds Through Technology: How Virtual Reality Can Instill Empathy

Wiederhold, Brenda K.

doi:10.1089/cyber.2020.29193.bkw

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“…VR has proven highly effective in changing attitudes (Markowitz et al, 2018), increasing empathy (Barbot and Kaufman, 2020;Wiederhold, 2020), and creating greater appreciation for diversity in society (Slater and Sanchez-Vives, 2016), but with these objectives in mind, it has yet to be tested in a sporting/legacy context. Evidence suggests that there are significant attitudinal and structural barriers (Fitzgerald, 2018) to sport participation for persons with a disability, which hampers social inclusion and, in part, explains why participation in sport for this group is significantly less, across many countries, than for persons without a disability (Lauff, 2011;Darcy et al, 2017).…”

Section: Research Propositions For Social Inclusion Legacy Production Through Vrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation for Positive Sustainable Legacy From Mega Sports Events: Virtual Reality as a Tool for Social Inclusion Legacy for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Byers

Hayday

Mason

et al. 2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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There is significant interest in how sports events and their associated legacies could act as a platform to address global challenges and engender social change. The United Nations (UN) has acknowledged the important role that sport plays in supporting the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Olympic movement could be argued as central to that objective. Yet critical questions and concerns have been raised about the growing expenditure, viability, long term legacy, and impacts of mega sports events such as the Olympic Games. While much evidence has focused on the challenges of creating legacy for Olympic Games, there is considerably less literature on understanding the Paralympic context. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the role of innovation in creating legacy from MSEs and propose a theoretical and methodological plan for such research. Innovation, a key driver in organizational performance, is suggested as essential to defining, planning for and measuring legacy. We specifically examine the potential of virtual reality (VR) as a technological innovation which can help create a social inclusion legacy in the context of Paris 2024 Olympic/Paralympic Games. A conceptual model is developed, which identifies legacy as a “wicked problem”, and this paper discusses the importance of innovation with regards to legacy, by suggesting a new application for VR technology in the context of legacy related to social inclusion. Information technology is a valuable facilitator of social inclusion for individuals with a disability. We specifically examine the potential of VR as a technological innovation which can help create legacy through influencing unconscious biases (symbolic ableism) toward diversity such as disability, gender, and race.

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Section: Research Propositions For Social Inclusion Legacy Production Through Vrmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation for Positive Sustainable Legacy From Mega Sports Events: Virtual Reality as a Tool for Social Inclusion Legacy for Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Byers

Hayday

Mason

et al. 2021

Front. Sports Act. Living

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“…The definition domain of rotation angle is: it can also create interactive games, allowing users to accumulate knowledge and master red culture in the game, and stimulate users' interest in sports and enthusiasm for participation. The red sports culture system in the VR perspective mainly manifests in visual, auditory, tactile, and kinesthetic forms [13][14]. Users can wear VR devices, watch scenes of important battles in history, listen to military music during the war, or experience the process of marching, fitness, and training through sensory devices, deeply integrating sensory experiences and game scenarios.…”

Section: Red Sports Culture Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%