At a virtual reality production house in East London, researchers from Queen Mary’s University of London recreate a famous experiment by pioneering experimental social psychologist Janet Bavelas, designed to study social interaction and cues. In this version, New Scientist reporters Isabel Baldwin and Linda Rodriguez-McRobbie meet in VR, but unbeknownst to them, their entire interaction is being manipulated for research purposes.
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