AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions, Trust, Tolerance & Empathy
KEYWORDS
Empathy Development, VR , Crisis Intervention, training
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Axon
WEBSITE
https://global.axon.com/training/vr-training
Axon VR Training
Empathy Development | Virtual Reality Training Simulator
Empathy Development Training in Virtual Reality provides agencies with a low-cost, easily-accessible training option to support their Use of Force or Crisis Intervention training programs. Produced in collaboration with experts in crisis intervention as well as clinicians and behavioral analysts, VR-based content is delivered in a 360-Video on an Oculus Go headset, and provides trainees with a first-person point-of-view of both a subject in crisis and a responding officer in various scenarios. Officers will make choices within the training that will affect the scenario's outcome with the intention of successfully de-escalating the subject.
Research indicates that 25-50% of all lethal force deaths by police affect individuals with untreated severe mental illness.* Empathy Development Training VR is an exploration on the use of Virtual Reality technologies to help address the gaps in knowledge on interacting with persons in crisis.