We tried TfL’s VR training on hate crime intervention – does it work?

Once put on, the user is taken to uncomfortable scenarios on the transport network (Picture: Nick Edwards for Metro)

In a corner of Euston Station, staff from Transport for London (TfL) are handing out VR headsets to commuters.

Once put on, the user is taken to uncomfortable scenarios on the transport network. Scenarios that many commuters have faced before as bystanders or victims.

But this time, the user is guided towards the best way to intervene as an ‘active bystander’.

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