'' Cardboard Crash '' is a 2015 National Film Board of Canada ( NFB ) mobile app and virtual reality work developed by Vincent McCurley , exploring the ethical issues of autonomous cars . Produced for the NFB in Vancouver by Loc Dao , '' Cardboard Crash '' explores the ethical consequences of self-driving car algorithms and how should they be chosen . It presents users in a scenario where they are driving with a child in the vehicle and a road incident presents them with three alternative actions : veering left and colliding with a family , driving into a truck , or turning right , off a cliff . The accident-in-progress is slowed down to bullet time , as users are forced to make the choices a computer might have to make , with no ideal solution . '' Cardboard Crash '' was selected to the 2015 DocLab program at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam as well as the New Frontier section of 2016 Sundance Film Festival . In April 2016 , it received the Webby Award for Online Film & Video / VR : Gaming , Interactive , or Real-time ( Branded ) , as '' The NFB ’s Cardboard Crash VR for Google Cardboard '' . In November 2016 , it received the award for Best Mobile Entertainment at the Digi Awards
2016 Sundance Film Festival
2016 Sundance Film Festival
Cardboard Crash