Can Virtual Reality Make Our Communities Safer? w/ Derek Ham
Release Date: 05/07/2020
Praise Hands Podcast
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• How virtual reality can disrupt implicit bias and prejudice
• How the non-violent usage of gaming echoes the non-violent protests of MLK Jr
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