The experience follows a proven scenario in business studies – Galleria Markets. Originally designed to test decision making processes, this scenario requires participants to make decisions based on information shared by different characters regarding a shopping mall that is just about to be built.  Participants are assigned the task to make a series of decisions about this new joint venture.

Information is communicated by different individuals, each of different gender and/or race over the five conditions.

Learners will be exposed to the different conclusions that participants have reached in each condition, while keeping all other factors constant. This will serve faculty to debrief and improve decision making processes in teams and raise awareness to the attention bias. This experience offers an innovative tool, opening a new window to understanding flawed decision making and discriminatory behaviour in teams and organizations. As opposed to currently existing DEI training tools, using VR creates a data driven, safe, and repeatable environment to sensitize learners to the sources of discrimination. Moreover, it offers a cost-effective and reliable tool to improve decision making and the values of social equality.