A congregation of avatars
Religion | Pioneering pastors are using virtual reality to reach an unconventional group of people
by Juliana Chan Erikson
Posted 2/11/21, 12:44 pm
In the 21 minutes that his virtual reality Sunday service was still functioning, Pastor Bill Willenbrock had to shush a group talking in the back of the room, ask a small wolf to get off the pulpit, and kick out a doppelgänger yelling obscenities. Minutes later, his virtual reality church world crashed, leaving about 20 attendees (including this reporter) frozen in their pews.
Bringing the gospel to virtual reality has not been easy.