Call for Participants
“Life and Death Moral Dilemmas in VR” Study
The Virginia Philosophy Reality Lab (VPRL) at Old Dominion University is asking for participants in a research study on moral decision-making in virtual reality settings. Prospective participants must be 18+ years of age and have access to an Oculus headset. Participants will fill out a brief informed consent form and questionnaire before downloading the virtual reality experience that tests responses to virtual life-and-death scenarios.
To participate in the study, please visit our website and follow the instructions:
http://www.vprl.org/VPRL_Life_Death_Dilemmas.html
Please consider sharing this link with non-philosopher students and colleagues, as we would like to get as diverse of a sample as possible. Data collected from responses to these scenarios will inform new behavioral and social models of moral decision making. These contributions can also help improve decision making modeling for diverse applications from self-driving cars to robotics and AI networks.
For any questions or feedback, reach out to us at vprl@odu.edu. We’d love to hear from you!
Visit our Website: https://vprl.org
Our YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT7SW-DCEgsONWaLcItsvkA
This research has been made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Andrew Kissel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies
Institute for the Humanities
Old Dominion University
akissel@odu.edu