“The shooter was a man: bald, wearing pants and a button-down shirt, standing in front of me in an office break room, firing a gun. Shots rang in my ears. A heartbeat thump-thumped around me. A high-pitched noise made it hard for me to think. Seconds later, I heard rapid breathing sounds. I had to find a way out. I made my way to a tall glass window and decided to smash it. Then I yanked off my virtual-reality headset and took a deep breath.”
The Violence Project’s Jillian Peterson spoke with CNN about the repercussions of using virtual reality to train employees for a potential workplace shooting. She believes these trainings could trigger an interest in committing a shooting or teach perpetrators how to carry one out.
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Source: CNN Business
Author: Rachel Metz