Teacher's Lens Beta is an Oculus Launch Pad winning project that strives to mitigate unconscious bias in classroom education. This is the first virtual reality app to translate the Harvard Implicit Association Test (IAT) into a game play simulation. Future iterations will include game training modules using proven methods in immersive experiences shown to reduce social biases. Decades of research have revealed that teacher expectations on student directly correlate to student performance with long term impacts on education, career, and overall life trajectory. Unfortunately, research also shows that teachers systematically have lower expectations of female and students of color. When these biases are left unchecked, consequences impact the STEM pipelines and "School to Prison" Pipelines. Traditional methods of diversity training have been largely proven to be ineffective. Debias VR believes VR technology has capacity more effectively approach measurable, debiasing solutions.

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Game modes

Single User

Supported player modes

Sitting, Standing, Roomscale

Supported tracking modes

Front-facing, 360°

Supported controllers

Touch Controllers

Supported platforms

Rift S, Rift

3.2

18 ratings

38%

17%

39%

FastLawyerMay 26, 2018 at 5:55 PM

Really 3 stars

Well, I had to give this game 5 stars with all the triggered Trumpers giving it one star and somehow claiming this is inappropriate for children. First of all, what parent lets their kid use a VR headset without supervision? Only a bad one. But secondly, and most importantly, everyone has bias. This is a learning app and is appropriate for anyone. Even if you don't believe in it, at least listen to the other side. This is not a racist test. People claiming it has been disproven surely must watch Fox news and not realize it's not a news channel, but an entertainment channel. But in all seriousness, I'm not sure VR brings anything to this app. It would have been just as good, and probably better, in a 2D screen. There's really nothing immersive here. And yeah racists are gonna racist and they can't stand the thought they are racists so they will vote 1 star even though they didn't really experience this app, unknowingly proving they have implicit bias. Good job of outing yourselves trolls.

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PlurrOct 7, 2018 at 3:43 AM

Antisocial Leftist Ideology?

This is known to be questionable science. And these sorts of anti-bias projects have a clear connection to potentially dangerous things: radical leftist ideology and identity politics. A central question becomes: is this a counterproductive project that comes from a corrupt place? Some users criticized the app in their review. Others disparaged that criticism in an unfounded way. This seems like a reflection of what we see in society: unscientific radical leftist dogma sprides like wildfire, and people will be defamed if they speak up on behalf of science or diversity of perspectrives. As usual, anononymous forums provide a more democratic atmosphere.

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