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193189 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.2.N.193189 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 2024-05 18 pages Reza, Sameer Meuth, Ryan Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Barrett, The Honors College Computer Science and Engineering Program Text This paper covers the research details, motivation for, and process of creating a virtual reality (VR) poverty simulation and conventional paper simulation, and testing both for comparison. This was done for a Spring 2024 Barrett Honors College thesis. The resulting simulation is a VR resource scavenging game for one player set in the forests of Russian Karelia, rendered in a PSX style, simulating the resource scarcity of a rural hunter. This simulation was compared against a paper-based simulation of a rural Appalachian family to see if it could be found to be comparable in expanding the understanding of poverty for testers. Virtual Reality Poverty Simulation Education Social Education Workshop Simulating Scarcity & Engendering Empathy