This article poses another use for video games/virtual reality outside of a gaming context. Additionally, they reference a documentary called Cut-Off that came out recently. It sounds like it’s largely about social policy in First Nations communities, but they’re intercut with environmental justice issues throughout.

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/virtual-reality-apathetic-canadians-care-about-waterless-communities-shoal-lake-40-cut-off?trk_source=recommended