Virtual reality promotes prosocial behavior on various issues, including homelessness, ageism, and the environment. Recently researchers have explored the potential for a virtual reality experience to promote an empathic perspective transformation with promising results. The purpose of my proposed research is to investigate and explain the effectiveness of virtual reality as a strategy to bring about a transformative learning experience through historical empathy and reduce implicit racial bias. The expected outcomes of my research will show virtual reality as an intervention to reduce implicit racial bias through historical empathy. Consequently, indicating engagement in virtual reality is more effective than traditional methods, a 2D desktop or written transcript. Results of this proposed study are hypothesized to demonstrate that virtual reality is a beneficial strategy for prosocial behavior. [For the full proceedings, see ED631897.]