Inmates can "return" to their family through this VR app

Most VR users use this technology to watch videos, play games, or travel around the world. A content developer uses this technology to bring people closer. The Chilean producer Catalina Alarcón developed a project called Home (Spanish is Volver a casa), prison inmates can use VR technology to go home to see. Alarcón collaborated with 12 women in the St. Joaquin Women's Prison for a six-month documentary workshop. Before the four Chilean filmmakers came to prison, they could only watch footage shot by some Iberian American producers. VR was introduced to everyone as a final event. Alarcón brings a panoramic camera to family members. They want to do what they want and they can record themselves, whether it's watching a child ride a bike or walking around home. "In order to better carry out this project, I told every family what the project is about," Alarcón told Emol. “Panorama cameras will be sent to the corresponding families. They can tell what they want to say to their families and say anything. Thanks to these families, their support for this activity has enabled us to carry this project forward.” For the first time the prisoners watched the VR movie, Alarcón said, “The atmosphere on the VR event was very tense. We tried to take care of them because we knew that they knew they could see the family must be very anxious. That day we All of them were very nervous and prison guards were very cautious about Gear VR. I was very nervous because I was afraid that it would have too much impact on them." All this has been done to help prisoners in prison because the original intention of the prison design was to punish the offender through isolation. Therefore, leaving prisons and returning to society is difficult for prisoners, especially those with long prison terms. Next year, the producer plans to go home in more prisons in Chile if the funds are sufficient.

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