Village Capital Sees Owlized Helping to 'Hack Empathy' for Good
Village Capital has a fascinating article out, looking at how technology can be used to help people cultivate empathy as a catalyst for changing the world. They zero in on Owlized's new mobile product, Pocket OWL (seen pictured above) as just such a tool. Here's an excerpt from the story:
"Startups like Owlized are taking Hal’s idea of aging an avatar of your face, and mapping it to the natural environment: showing you what your community will look like in the future, subject to environmental changes. If you’re standing on a shoreline and can actually see through virtual reality that it’s disappeared, the incentive to act in the short-term — to change behavior, to invest in sustainable solutions — might suddenly feel more urgent to achieve a long-term outcome.
Full story:
https://medium.com/village-cap...
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