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Checking Blind Spots: Virtual Reality Tour Reveals Unconscious Biases

Participants watch two co-workers talking about a work-related event. Throughout the conversation, participants must pick out the moments when biases are demonstrated.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A big tour bus parked on Hearn Plaza Monday equipped with virtual reality equipment and other new technology. It's called the "Check Your Blind Spots" tour.

The group goes from place to place teaching people about inclusion. Specifically, they use virtual reality and other tools to reveal people's unconscious biases.

Here's how it works. Participants watch two co-workers talking about a work-related event. Throughout the conversation, participants must pick out the moments when biases are demonstrated.

Another activity is called "Face Yourself, Face Reality". Participants stand in front of a mirror and watch as their reflection fades away, revealing a different person. "Check Your Blind Spots" says each new reflection reveals different biases.

"We really get out there and show people things that they don't really think about," Ryan Mosher, the tour's manager, says, "When they realize these things, they come back and they're like 'Wow, this is unbelievable!" Great reviews. We've got over 16,000 pledges since the tour started."

The "Check Your Blind Spots" tour started in New York City, and they've been traveling around the country since November. The next stop is UNC Chapel Hill, and Duke University later in the week.

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