No, VR can’t make you walk in others’ shoes

👤 Catherine Chu
📅 2026-02-23

The shallowness of the “empathy machine.”Photo by Vitaly Gariev on UnsplashI once saw a “poverty simulation” designed to help raise funds and “put people in others’ shoes.” I felt… … Full Product UX article at UX Collective »

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