Morgan Mercer Is Using Virtual Reality To Combat Sexual Assault

Morgan Mercer

Morgan Mercer wants to change sexual assault and harassment training, one company and school at a time. She’s hired actors, has scripts prepared and next week she and her crew (including a multiple Emmy-winner) will film the first scenario for her virtual reality sexual harassment training program called Vantage Point.

“I’m a two-time victim of sexual violence,” Mercer told Technical.ly DC. “I believe everything you experience happens for a reason, and you have to take your negative experiences and use them to help others.”

The idea is to provide colleges and company employees with an interactive form of mandatory training through virtual reality scenarios they might experience at the office or at school. The users will see the incidents and will be tested on an appropriate response, from ignoring it to calling the police.

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