Most content currently available on the Meta Quest – the most popular VR headset on the market today – is made to entertain. But as VR technology is rapidly improving, the question arises of how we can use this technology for good: to develop empathy for others, produce a sense awe and wonder about the universe, bring people together in new communities, and inspire positive social change. In this short video essay I invite you to explore current attempts to use the Meta Quest not just to entertain, but to touch, inspire and change the user through meaningful, virtual experiences – in short: to use it as a medium for mental and spiritual (self-)care.

Blogbeitrag von Dr. Fabian Winiger, UFSP-Projekt 11 Digitalisierung seelsorglicher Spiritual Care