ZIF TECHPOPS-Blog: Enabling Conversations in Peace Operations

How can digital tools ease the perennial challenge of peacekeepers’ language skills? Join @Ryan Cross on @ZIF TECHPOPS to learn more about the potential of virtual reality technology. A shared language among peacekeepers and with the host population is critical. Language training, in particular for listening and speaking, across tens of thousands of peacekeepers seems unworkable. Fortunately, the rapidly falling costs of digital tools, especially involving virtual reality, offer the possibility to do this effectively and at a large scale.

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