A mom from South Korea has been ‘reunited’ with her dead daughter through a virtual reality headset.
A Korean TV special called Meeting You aired last week, which focused on a family’s loss of their seven-year-old daughter. Jang Ji-sung was seen in a documentary titled I Met You in which a futuristic VR world was created. She could ‘meet’ her little girl Nayeon, who died three years ago when she was just seven. The program tried to reunite the girl with her mother using a virtual reality recreation, complete with audio.
The documentary aired on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, a heartbreaking clip shared on YouTube.
In the clip, Jang was seen wearing the VR headset in a green screen room. The film then shows that she is seeing her little girl rushing towards her.
According to a report in AJU Business Daily, the VR Nayeon asks: “Where have you been, Mom? Did you think about me?”
Jang responded: “I do all the time.”
They both say they missed each other. Jang reaches out to touch her little girl while wearing specially designed gloves. They also take a walk together before even sitting at a table set up with a birthday cake.
As the clip goes on Jang becomes emotional as do onlookers, including members of her family.
According to the publication, the team worked for eight months on the project and used motion capture technology to record a child actor to make sure ‘Nayeon’ move as a child would.
They also created a virtual park, which the mother and daughter had visited before she died.
Jang said: “Maybe it’s a real paradise. I met Nayeon, who called me with a smile, for a very short time, but it’s a very happy time. I think I’ve had the dream I’ve always wanted.”
The mum told the news outlet that she agreed to do the documentary to make comfortable other people who have lost a child like me.
On a blog about her experiences, Jang wrote: “Three years later, I now think I should love her more than miss her and feel sick so that I can be confident when I meet her later. I hope many people will remember Nayeon after watching the show.”
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