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CA prisons are using virtual reality to help people in solitary confinement (theguardian.com)
5 points by walterbell 5 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


I met a dutch guy a few years ago in a VR event whose company was focusing on VR cozy, open air environments. The idea was to help people living in oppressive conditions - think bedridden, long hospital stays and the like.

I think they had pretty good results, I remember it as one of the more grounded, believable use cases I saw during the vr rush.


Why don't they just... take them out of solitary confinement...?


Is it better to have VR in solitary prison than to be in regular prison without the same entertainment and with the risk of harm?




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