VR is training cops to empathize with the people they might kill

Get the Full StoryThe company behind Taser weapons is putting Oculus Go headsets on Chicago police to train them in empathy and teach them when to keep their weapons holstered.

It s nighttime, and I m on the front lawn, muttering to myself and pacing back and forth, something metal in hand. I m yelling at the voices in my head and batting away my pleading mother when the police pull up. Who sent you! I shout at a cop. Kyle, Kyle, he says. Put down the screwdriver, Kyle! Read Full Story

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