Designing AR Systems to Explore Point-of-View, Bias, and Trans-cultural Conflict

Over ten years ago, we created a novel dramatic augmented reality (AR) experience exploring bias and point-of-view (PoV) based upon the classic film “Twelve Angry Men,” which allowed a user to experience a dramatic jury room deliberation from the PoV of each of four different characters. Recently, informed by this previous work, we have created a new AR platform for engaging users in different PoVs, exposing forms of biases, and studying cultural conflicts. We are currently using this system for training and assessment in two domains: healthcare and psychological studies of terrorism. In this paper we present the requirements we have identified for this type of user experience, the co-design of both AR environments with domain experts, and the results of an initial user study of technology acceptance that yielded positive feedback from participants.