{"id":4479,"date":"2025-05-30T15:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:58:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:58:49","slug":"two-locations-two-timelines-one-shared-human-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/2025\/05\/30\/two-locations-two-timelines-one-shared-human-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Two locations, two timelines, one shared human experience!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">In May 2025, filming for VR4Empathy unfolded in Corinth and Athens, transforming real stories of displacement \u2014 from Asia Minor refugees to today\u2019s unaccompanied minors \u2014 into immersive VR experiences designed to bring empathy into the classroom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The filming in <strong>Corinth<\/strong> focused on the historical experience of <strong>refugees from Asia Minor<\/strong>, who, following the events of 1922, settled in the area and built what became known as the <strong>refugee settlement of Corinth<\/strong>. Their stories of displacement, resilience, and community rebuilding offer a powerful entry point for students to explore how past experiences of forced migration continue to shape local identity and collective memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second day of filming in <strong>Athens<\/strong> shifted the focus to the present, capturing the lived realities of <strong>unaccompanied minor refugees<\/strong> in Greece today. The filming was carried out in collaboration with <strong>The Home Project<\/strong>, an organisation dedicated to supporting children who arrive in Greece alone, without family or guardians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4458\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250521_170425-473x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250521_170425-473x1024.jpg 473w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250521_170425-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250521_170425-768x1663.jpg 768w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250521_170425-710x1536.jpg 710w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250521_170425-946x2048.jpg 946w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250521_170425-scaled.jpg 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4469\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_124408-574x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_124408-574x1024.jpg 574w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_124408-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_124408-768x1370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_124408-861x1536.jpg 861w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_124408-1148x2048.jpg 1148w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_124408-scaled.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"4464\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-40-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-40-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-40-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-40-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-40-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Image-40-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through its work, <em>The Home Project<\/em> provides safe accommodation, education, psychosocial support, and pathways to integration for vulnerable minors. Many of these children have faced displacement, loss, and uncertainty, often after long and difficult journeys. Their stories highlight not only the challenges they encounter but also their strength, hopes, and efforts to build a new life in a different country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By bringing together these two narratives \u2014 <strong>historical and contemporary refugee experiences<\/strong> \u2014 the VR4Empathy videos aim to help students develop a deeper understanding of migration as a human experience that transcends time. The immersive nature of VR allows learners to engage emotionally and cognitively, fostering <strong>cognitive empathy<\/strong> and critical reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scenarios are based on the <strong>first lesson plan developed by the Institute of Educational Policy (IEP)<\/strong> and on scripts co-created with secondary school teachers during the project\u2019s co-design process, ensuring strong alignment with classroom needs and pedagogical goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The filming was carried out by project partner <strong>KHORA<\/strong>, in close collaboration with the IEP team and local contributors, whose insights were invaluable in authentically representing both past and present realities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These VR resources were integrated into a broader educational framework, including lesson plans and teacher guidance, and are being piloted in schools as part of the pilot phase of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned as <strong>VR4Empathy<\/strong> continues to explore how immersive technologies can bring meaningful, human-centred learning experiences into the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Discover our journey and resources on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vr4empathy\">Linkedin\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61566864735364\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0pages!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2025, filming for VR4Empathy unfolded in Corinth and Athens, transforming real stories of displacement \u2014 from Asia Minor refugees&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4475,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities-events-da","category-results-da"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":41,"label":"Activities &amp; Events"},{"value":55,"label":"Results"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_20250522_131340-1024x574.jpg",1024,574,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"admin_virtualr","author_link":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/author\/admin_virtualr\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":41,"name":"Activities &amp; Events","slug":"activities-events-da","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":41,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":25,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":41,"category_count":25,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Activities &amp; Events","category_nicename":"activities-events-da","category_parent":0},{"term_id":55,"name":"Results","slug":"results-da","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":55,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":9,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":55,"category_count":9,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Results","category_nicename":"results-da","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4488,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions\/4488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtualreality4empathy.eu\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}