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Its founding director was Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson.<ref name="Chronicle">Everett Cook, December 22, 2017 [https://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports/article/Now-used-far-beyond-Stanford-virtual-reality-12451227.php Now used far beyond Stanford, virtual reality keeps growing at the Farm], ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''</ref>

As of April 2014, it had an advanced VR lab and setup.,<ref name="NewYork">Farhad Manjoo, April 2, 2014 [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/technology/personaltech/virtual-reality-perfect-for-an-immersive-society.html If You Like Immersion, You’ll Love This Reality], ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> used to teach students on various topics, among others.<ref name="Nbc">Joe Rosato Jr., December 20, 2018 [https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Stanford-Takes-Students-on-Virtual-Undersea-Journey-503250741.html Stanford Takes Students on Virtual Undersea Journey], ''[[NBC]]''</ref>

The company's lab software is "free to any interested organization."<ref name="Today">Marco della Cava, April 8, 2016 [https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/04/08/virtual-reality-tested-tool-confront-racism-sexism/82674406/ Virtual reality tested by NFL as tool to confront racism, sexism], ''[[USA Today]]''</ref>

According to the ''Los Angeles Times,'' it is at the "forefront" of the [virtual reality content] movement" in 2015, at which point Jeremy Bailenson remained the head of the organization.<ref name="Times">Steven Zeitchik, April 24, 2015 [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-vr-watch-stanford-bailenson-zuckerburg-tribeca-20150424-story.html Title], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''</ref>

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==VR projects==

*''The Crystal Reef'' (2016) - Premiered at the 2016 [[Tribeca Film Festival]]. It was later featured by ''[[TIME]]''. It is a 360-degree video VR experience about [[ocean acidification]].<ref name="Stanford">Stanford University [https://vhil.stanford.edu/the-crystal-reef/ The Crystal Reef], ''[[Stanford]]''</ref><ref name="Phys">Rob Jordan of Stanford University, November 30, 2018 [https://phys.org/news/2018-11-virtual-reality-powerful-environmental-tool.html Virtual reality could serve as powerful environmental education tool], ''[[Phys.org]]''</ref>

*''The Stanford Ocean Acidification Experience'' (2016) - ''SOAE'' premiered at the Tribeca 2016 Film Festival (then-called ''The Crystal Reef: Interactive'') in conjunction with the 360 video. SOAE allows users to become a scientist and interact with their environment. ''SOAE has'' been exhibited at the [[US Senate]] and the [[Palau National Congress]].<ref>https://vhil.stanford.edu/soae/</ref>

*''Becoming Homeless: A Human Experience'' (2017) - Premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival,<ref>http://vhil.stanford.edu/becominghomeless/</ref> it was originally developed for the lab's "Empathy At Scale" research project.<ref name="Kqed">httpRachael Myrow, June 27, 2016 [https://vhilwww.stanfordkqed.eduorg/becominghomelessarts/11744066/stanfords-virtual-reality-lab-cultivates-empathy-for-the-homeless Stanford's Virtual Reality Lab Cultivates Empathy for the Homeless], ''[[KQED]]''</ref>

*''Coral Compass: Fighting Climate Change in Palau'' (2018) - world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. Viewers travel to Palau, looking at how the country is working with scientists to adapt to [[climate change]].<ref>http://vhil.stanford.edu/coralcompass/</ref>