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VR helps achieve goals by confronting future self

Published Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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  • Jean-Louis van Gelder, a criminologist and psychologist at the Max Planck Institute, developed an experiment where participants interact with a digitally aged version of themselves in VR.

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  • Deutsche Welle

    The article highlights a German research institute's findings on how virtual reality can be used for self-improvement and even crime prevention by making future consequences more tangible.

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