An innovative way to use immersive technology.
In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Cornerstone is bringing forward the next phase of development to enable the use of virtual reality to support remote contact between children over the age of 11 and their birth family, social worker or youth worker.
It is anticipated that the tool will be particularly useful for maintaining contact between adolescents and carers/residential workers, where there are placement stability concerns. It may also be particularly useful as a means of managing contact where there are ongoing familial or extra-familial safeguarding risks. In a typical virtual reality environment (see picture, right) avatars represent each of the participants.