Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

MEDIA COVERAGE FACULTY: Jeremy Bailenson

Virtual Reality Could Finally Get People to Care About Climate Change »

December 14, 2015

Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson (communication) discusses the ability of virtual reality can to encourage people care about climate change on an emotional level.

By Chris Weller, Tech Insider

Virtual Reality Gets Real »

October 1, 2015

Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson (Communication) discusses how the brain perceives virtual reality.

By Maria Konnikova, The Atlantic

The Future of Virtual Reality »

August 25, 2014

Jeremy Bailenson, founding director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University talks to Michael Krasny on KQED's forum.

KQED

Virtual Realty Could Make Real Difference in the Environment  »

August 15, 2014

Opinion piece by Woods Fellow Jeremy Bailenson, about the role of virtual reality can play in showing people the impact of their personal activities on the environment.

By Jeremy Bailenson, SFGate.com

Can't Picture a World Devastated by Climate Change? These Games Will Do It for You »

July 21, 2014

Describes studies by Woods Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson that use virtual reality to simulate changes in the enviornment

By Amy Westervelt, Smithsonian.com

Child's Play May Spur Fight against Global Warming »

July 17, 2014

Cites studies by Woods Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson, associate professor of communication at Stanford, on how virtual reality can be a tool that convinces people to care about the environment

By Amy Westervelt, Scientific American

How Real Is Virtual Reality? »

June 2, 2014

Video showing Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson and his virtual reality lab at Stanford, where he is studying how simulated changes in the environment affect people's thinking and behavior

By Kashmir Hill and Jeff Bercovici, Forbes

Virtual Reality: It's Not Just for Video Games »

May 5, 2014

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson on ability of virtual reality to transform relationships and change human behavior.

By Erik Heinrich, Fortune

Virtual Reality Startups Look Back to the Future »

March 7, 2014

Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson on potential uses of virtual reality, now that the cost is dropping

By Simon Parkin, MIT Technology Review

Virtual Cow Experiment Aims to Teach Empathy  »

August 14, 2013

Video shows Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson's virtual reality experiment that lets people experience life as a cow, complete with cattle prod zaps, with emphasis on positive effects of VR

By Haven Daley (for Associated Press), USA Today

Would Experiencing Life as a Factory Farm Cow Stop You From Eating So Much Meat? »

July 24, 2013

Quotes Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson about one of his virtual reality experiments

By Ariel Schwartz, Fast Company

How Virtual Reality Games Can Impact Society, Encourage Prosperity »

July 11, 2013

PBS NewsHour talks with Senior Fellow Jeremy Bailenson, who heads Stanford's virtual reality lab, about how VR can affect environmental choices

By Paul Solman, PBS

If You Know How a Cow Feels, Will You Eat Less Meat? »

July 10, 2013

Features Stanford Wood Institute-affiliated professor Jeremy Bailenson's work with virtual reality as a way to alter behaviors that affect the environment

By Anne Mulkern, Scientific American and Climate Wire