Virtual4 and its allies, Camilo López and Hugo Buitrago from the University of Antioquia (Colombia), during their visit to the Basque Country, explain their project on the use of immersive technologies in the field of Reconciliation and Peace.
The innovative project that uses immersive technologies for Non-Violence, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding (SDG 16) promotes the prevention of violence, peaceful conflict resolution and social transformation with a differential and innovative approach.
During the visit of the Colombian delegation to the Basque Country, Luis Alberto Viñas,, VP Sales of Virtual4, Hugo Buitrago, Director of the Special Peace Unit of the University of Antioquia, and Camilo López, Peace and Development Advisor, had the opportunity to explain to different institutions in the business and educational field the innovative project of using immersive technologies for Non-Violence, Reconciliation and Peace Building, a project that promotes the prevention of violence, the peaceful resolution of conflicts and social transformation with a different and innovative approach.
Camilo López, peace advisor, comments in the framework of his visit to the Basque Country:
“Over the past few years we have been in a process with Virtual4 (GCON4 group) to analyse how technology, in this case, immersive technologies, can facilitate the simulation of experiences and decision-making in advance, so that children and young people in particular experience simulated events that prepare them on how to act in binding conflict scenarios and can, in fact, make correct decisions regarding the prevention and peaceful resolution of conflicts.
The use of immersive technologies also promotes the recovery and promotion of historical memory and the appropriation of Human Rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) related to this end.
For his part, Luis Alberto Viñas, VP Sales at Virtual4, explained:
“With our allies and expert advisors on the topic of peacebuilding, Manuel Salamanca, Director of the Human Rights Institute of the Universidad Javeriana, Wilson López, Camilo López and Hugo Buitrago, we have worked on an innovative project that aims to facilitate appropriate decision-making to prevent situations of violence. We are very excited about this work and very hopeful about the potential benefits of this innovative project.”
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