A US company funded by a grant from the Gates Foundation is using virtual reality to show how vaccines save lives. Skalak is the director of engagement at REM5 STUDIOS, a Minnesota-based production company that’s redefining how global health stories are told. “You can read about the polio eradication effort, or watch a video – but in VR, you feel it. It helps people connect to stories they might otherwise never encounter For Skalak, that makes the mission of Apporter La Vie more relevant than ever. “In a world where people are increasingly skeptical of science, showing the human impact of vaccines is vital,” he says.