Previous research has shown that empathy can reduce susceptibility to misinformation. Given that immersive virtual reality (IVR) is known to enhance empathy, we hypothesized that experiencing events in IVR —compared to on a computer screen— would increase the user's empathy and thereby protect them from misinformation. In our experiment, participants were assigned to either the IVR or the computer condition, and then watched six videos. After each video, half of the participants received false information, while the others did not. Although IVR did not directly increase overall empathy level, it did influence how empathy affected memory. For each participant, we identified the videos that elicited the highest and lowest levels of empathy, defining "empathy-induced accuracy increment" as the difference in memory accuracy between these high- and low-empathy videos. This empathy-induced accuracy increment was greater in the IVR condition than in the computer condition. Furthermore, this effect was evident among participants exposed to misinformation but not among those in the control group. These findings suggest that empathy can protect individuals from misinformation, and that this protective effect is amplified in immersive virtual environments.