A South Korean TV show reunited a grieving mother with her dead seven-year-old daughter using virtual reality to deal with her loss.

Meeting You, uses alternate reality technology to create a simulation of dead relatives for those who are struggling with the death of loved ones.

Each participant is placed in touch-sensitive gloves and a virtual reality headset where they can see, feel and even hear those they have lost.


In the latest episode, Jang Ji-sung is seen reuniting with her daughter Nayeon, 7, in a calm and peaceful field, where she’s seen playing.

Nayeon passed away in 2016 following a rare illness.



Recreating via a computer the way Nayeon acts looks and talks, Jang is seen in tears as she’s asked if she ever thinks about her little girl, to which she responded: ‘All the time.’

The new reality series allows people to hold, speak to and say goodbye to their dead loved ones (Picture: YouTube)

Nayeon then says: ‘I missed mom a lot,’ and the pair hold hands and play together.

She then gives her mum a flower and said: ‘Mommy, you can see that I’m not hurting anymore, right?’

At the end of the experience, Nayeon goes to sleep in the field, and allows her mother to say goodbye.

The seven-year-old spoke about missing her mum in the emotional reunion (Picture: YouTube)

Before saying goodbye and ‘going to sleep’ she hugged her mum one last time (Picture: YouTube)

The heartwrenching scenes were filmed as the rest of the family, Jang Ji-sung’s husband, and two other children.

Speaking in her blog afterwards, Jang Ji-sung wrote: ‘Three years later, I now think I should love her more than miss her and feel sick so that I can be confident when I meet her later.

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‘I hope many people will remember Nayeon after watching the show.’

She added that she hoped her experience will allow other families dealing with death cope with their grief.

The show aired on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, or MBC, South Korea’s leading network.

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