From empathy machine to mimetic sympoiesis: Reimagining virtual reality toward regenerative media
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Published online on January 21, 2026
Abstract
Convergence, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 482-498, April 2026.
Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used to enhance environmental empathy through perspective-taking, allowing users to virtually inhabit the bodies of animals and plants and simulate nonhuman suffering. But this approach can reinforce anthropocentric ...
Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used to enhance environmental empathy through perspective-taking, allowing users to virtually inhabit the bodies of animals and plants and simulate nonhuman suffering. But this approach can reinforce anthropocentric ...