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Ever wondered if it would be to see the virtual world through someone else’s eyes?

Well, researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have introduced a new mobile app designed to let people assume the virtual life of another for 20 days.

Using services like Google Maps, the app gives strangers to lead the life of another person, virtually  though.

“We started by thinking, could we make some piece of software that allows you to be connected to strangers in a way that produced empathy instead of suspicion, contempt or disdain?” Kevin Slavin, director of MIT Media Lab’s Playful Systems research group, was quoted as saying. Called “20 Day Stranger”, the iPhone app reveals intimate, shared connections between two anonymous individuals.

The app creates a virtual version of the world you move through and shows it to your match, media reports said. It keeps the identities of both parties secret but reveals where they go and what they do.

AW: Suchorita Choudhury