Video games can have a much bigger impact on lives than you might think.
If you picture kids playing video games, you probably imagine them in front of a TV, not paying attention to anyone or anything else.
While that might be a popular occurrence, one group of teens is using video games with virtual reality headsets to help others and lift their spirits.
High school seniors in Sacramento, CA, started the nonprofit organization Gamer's Gift to help children in hospitals as well as seniors in assisted living centers, to promote well-being and positive spirits. The organization only began in February 2016, but they're making big moves already.
If you enjoy seeing teenagers working to make the world a better place, you will love this story about a teen creating an app to end cyberbullying.
[H/T: Fox 40]
Seventeen-year-old Dillon Hill is the creative mind behind Gamer's Gift.
When he was in the fifth grade, Dillon's best friend Chris was diagnosed with leukemia.
While Chris battled with cancer for years, Dillon always visited him in the hospital and the two would play video games together.
As Chris' fight continued into their senior year of high school, Dillon decided he wanted to help others going through what Chris had.
Dillon started Gamer's Gift as a form of therapy that visits hospitals and nursing homes, to connect those people to a new world.
The people that they visit can play an assortment of video games.
Their friend here is playing the Job Simulator. According to Dillon, he's trying to make a tomato and wine smoothie.
While visiting the Valley Children's Hospital, Gamer's Gift enjoyed making kids smile by letting them use HTC Vive to indulge in a virtual reality of scuba diving!
