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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

A new use case for the older VR user: Dealing with death

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Anyone who has spent any time in VR or a metaverse platform like Meta’s Horizon Worlds knows that most people drawn to the technology might be, say, 30 years old—if not even younger. 

But older users, some over 60, are now finding their own niche in virtual reality, according to MIT Technology Review, through Death Q&A, an hour-long sharing session about mortality that’s run by Tom Nickel, a 73-year-old former hospice volunteer.

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