Archives of Thrill: The V-Armchair Experience

Passmore, Peter J.; Tennent, Paul; Walker, Brendan; Philpot, Adam; Le, Hoang H.; Markowski, Marianne; Karamanoglu, Mehmet

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“…A total of 13 studies were included [9,[14][15][16][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52]. In total, 77% (10/13) of the studies explicitly reported conducting some form of qualitative data collection procedure [15,16,[44][45][46][48][49][50][51][52], which included focus groups [44,50], exploratory workshops [14], video recordings [9], and self-reported qualitative data [47]. A total of 224 participants were included across the 13 studies.…”

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“…A total of 224 participants were included across the 13 studies. In the 77% (10/13) of studies [9,[14][15][16]44,[46][47][48][49][50] that reported participants' gender, 73 (37.62%) participants were men and 121 (62.37%) were women. The participant age range across the 13 studies was 48 to 99 years.…”

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“…The characteristics of these activities are included in this section to further contextualize the experiences referred to in the descriptive and analytical themes reported in the following sections. The specific applications through which the participants completed these activities can be found in Multimedia Appendix 4 [9,[14][15][16][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. The types of activities older adults engaged in across these studies included travel and exploration [15,16,44,45,47,50,51], social connection [14,15,44,48,50,52], entertainment [15,47,49,50], exercise [9,46,48], education [14,47,50], and reminiscence [44,[48][49][50].…”

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“…The specific applications through which the participants completed these activities can be found in Multimedia Appendix 4 [9,[14][15][16][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54]. The types of activities older adults engaged in across these studies included travel and exploration [15,16,44,45,47,50,51], social connection [14,15,44,48,50,52], entertainment [15,47,49,50], exercise [9,46,48], education [14,47,50], and reminiscence [44,[48][49][50]. Descriptions of these activities and supporting author and participant quotes can be found in Multimedia Appendix 5 [9,[14][15][16][44][45]…”

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“…The types of activities older adults engaged in across these studies included travel and exploration [15,16,44,45,47,50,51], social connection [14,15,44,48,50,52], entertainment [15,47,49,50], exercise [9,46,48], education [14,47,50], and reminiscence [44,[48][49][50]. Descriptions of these activities and supporting author and participant quotes can be found in Multimedia Appendix 5 [9,[14][15][16][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52].…”

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Older Adults’ Experiences and Perceptions of Immersive Virtual Reality: Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis

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Background Immersive virtual reality (IVR) can be defined as a fully computer-generated environment shown on a head-mounted display. Existing research suggests that key features of IVR can assist older adults in their everyday lives, providing opportunities for health promotion and tackling social isolation and loneliness. There has been a surge in qualitative studies exploring older adults’ experiences and perceptions of IVR. However, there has been no systematic synthesis of these studies to inform the design of new, more accessible IVR technologies. Objective This study aimed to systematically review and synthesize qualitative studies exploring older adults’ experiences and perceptions of IVR. Methods A systematic review and thematic synthesis were conducted following the ENTREQ (Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative Research) guidelines. In total, 2 reviewers completed title and abstract screening, full-text screening, data extraction, and quality appraisal. Thematic synthesis is derived from the qualitative method, thematic analysis. It involves 3 key steps: initial coding and grouping of these codes, the formation of descriptive themes from these codes, and going beyond these data to form analytical themes. Confidence in the evidence was assessed using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation-Confidence in the Evidence from Reviews of Qualitative Research approach. Results Overall, 13 studies were included in the final synthesis, including 224 participants across 9 countries and 5 continents. Confidence in the evidence ranged from high to moderate. Three descriptive themes were generated: practical aspects of IVR use, experiencing unique features of IVR, and perceptions of IVR. The findings from the descriptive themes suggested that there are several improvements that need to be made to existing IVR devices to facilitate older adults’ use of this technology. However, older adults’ responses to IVR were generally positive. Three analytical themes were generated: tolerating the bad to experience the good, buying in to IVR (don’t judge a book by its cover), and “it proves to me I can do it.” The analytical themes illustrated that older adults were willing to tolerate discomforts that accompany existing IVR technologies to experience features such as immersive social networking. There was a discrepancy between older adults’ perceptions of IVR before use—which were generally negative—and after use—which were generally positive—and IVR provided a platform for older adults to access certain activities and environments more easily than in the real world because of limitations caused by aging. Conclusions This review offers insights into older adults’ experiences and perceptions of IVR and suggests how a few improvements to its existing hardware and software as well as how it is first presented could offer new opportunities for older adults to take part in meaningful activities tailored to their needs and preferences. Trial Registration PROSPERO CRD42020200774; https://tinyurl.com/8f48w2vt International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) RR2-10.1177/16094069211009682

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Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Study Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Older Adults’ Experiences and Perceptions of Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis (Preprint)

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Conlan³

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BACKGROUND Immersive virtual reality (IVR) can be defined as fully computer-generated environments that are displayed through a head-mounted display. Existing research suggests that key features of IVR can assist older adults in their everyday lives–providing opportunities in health promotion and tackling social isolation and loneliness. There has been a surge in the number of qualitative studies exploring older adults’ experiences and perceptions of IVR. However, there has been no systematic synthesis of these studies to inform the design of new, more accessible IVR technologies. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to systematically review and synthesize qualitative studies exploring older adults’ experiences and perceptions of IVR. METHODS A systematic review and thematic synthesis was conducted following the ENTREQ guidelines. Two reviewers completed title and abstract screening, full-text screening, data extraction and quality appraisal. Thematic synthesis is derived from the qualitative method, thematic analysis. It involves three key steps: initial coding and grouping of these codes, the formation of descriptive themes from these codes and finally, going beyond the data to form novel insights and theories known as analytical themes. Confidence in the evidence was assessed using the GRADE-CERQual approach. RESULTS Thirteen studies were included in the final synthesis, consisting of 224 participants ranging across nine countries and five continents. Confidence in the evidence ranged from high to moderate. Four descriptive themes were generated: (1) facilitating IVR interactions, (2) experiencing unique features of IVR, (3) perceptions of IVR and (4) accounts of agency in IVR. The findings from the descriptive themes suggested that there are several improvements that need to be made to existing IVR devices to greater facilitate older adults’ use of this technology. However, despite this, older adults’ responses to IVR were generally positive. Three analytical themes were then generated: (1) tolerating the bad to experience the good, (2) buying in to IVR: don’t judge a book by its cover and (3) “it proves to me I can do it”. The analytical themes illustrated that older adults were willing to tolerate discomforts that accompany existing IVR technologies to experience features such as immersive social networking experiences, there was a discrepancy between older adults’ perceptions of IVR prior to use–which were generally negative–and after use–which were generally positive–and, IVR provided a platform for older adults to access certain activities and environments more easily than in the real world due to limitations caused by ageing. CONCLUSIONS This review highlights the need to overcome initial negative views of IVR and perceived barriers to use by emphasizing the unique ability of IVR to increase older adults’ agency through features such as presence, immersion, and embodiment, which in turn offer new opportunities to take part in meaningful activities tailored to their needs and preferences. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-10.1177%2F16094069211009682

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Archives of Thrill: The V-Armchair Experience

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