Chris Milk's Ted Talk was very good. Using VR as a tool to help other people is a really interesting way of using the new advancing technology for good. His background in film makes his VR stories beautiful and powerful. Clouds Over Sidra was beautiful. I would love to view it in VR to get the full story. It was so compelling and real. Letting people see the world through the eyes of a twelve year old girl in a refugee camp is powerful. 

Even more amazing is the work Milk is doing by taking these VR stories to UN officials. People who can actually do something. Something that really stood out to me in his TedTalk was, "they were affected by it so we are going to make more of them"(Milk). Showing this to politicians and powerful people helps spread awareness to those who can take action. And what is even more important is that Milk saw the effect and decided he needed to make more. Showing the world different voices that can often be left our from the main world stage. 

Becoming Homeless takes the idea of using VR to create empathy by placing you in the shoes of someone who is becoming unhoused. It is real, scary and something people actually experience. I do not have Steam so I was unable to play it but the trailer shows you slowly selling your things in a desperate attempt to stay in your apartment. I think VR games like this do a good job of showing people who might not be able to experience empathy on their own how to start to understand other peoples emotions.