THE SILICON VALLEY cntintl.ObscrtJtr Sunday, May 14, 2028 New course at SVU teaches values using multi-player virtual reality games " B r e a d o f Life" g a m e teaches c o m p a s s i o n and generosity Special to the Sentinel-Observer by Jack Lane ag neW course being offered by the Department of Reliion and Philosophy at Silicon Valley University teaches old-fashioned values using the latest in virtual reality technology. The course, RPL 212, Ethics and Values, uses multiplayer virtual reality games to force students to make ethical decisions and to discover the wisdom behind old-fashioned values like concern for the poor, charity, generosity, hard work, honesty and self-sacrifice. I met with Professor Karen Ho who teaches the course and who helped to design many of the multi-player virtual reality games that are used in the course. Professor Ho explained that a multi-player virtual reality game uses self-projection softbot technology to project students into a virtual space where they are presented with ethical dilemmas. Students are asked to solve the ethical dilemmas by making the correct decisions in virtual space. "The students love this new technology," Professor Ho explained in
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