I worked as a freelance Unity developer on this VR project as part of a cross-functional team for Calico. Together we produced an interactive 360-video headset VR experience aimed at helping Police and transport officers understand the fem experience of public space at night.

Calico are a Birmingham-based arts and activism company, co-creating artistic campaigns with local communities. They use art; live performance, short films, virtual reality experiences, to combat gendered violence.

The VR experience went on to form a core part of the gendered violence training that Calico delivered to every new West Midlands Police recruit, see video below for a Channel 5 report on the training.

Read more about the project:

• Violence Against Women And Girls Empathy Training on Calico’s website.
• Police VR training helps fight crimes against women - BBC News - 2025