Awestruck: Natural interaction with virtual reality on eliciting awe

Quesnel, Denise; Riecke, Bernhard E.

doi:10.1109/3dui.2017.7893343

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“…Moreover, this study is in line with findings from Reinerman-Jones et al (2013) , Gallagher et al (2014 , 2015) , Quesnel and Riecke (2017) who demonstrated that VR was able to generate awe through one of the most prototypical experiences of this emotion, that is, the overview effect (i.e., the experience of viewing landscapes from far above, which includes the Earth view as the “quintessential version of this experience”; Yaden et al, 2016 , p.2). Here, we showed that the overview effect, when displayed in VR, can be considered closer to natural-based VR experiences.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Designing Awe in Virtual Reality: An Experimental Study

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Awe is a little-studied emotion with a great transformative potential. Therefore, the interest toward the study of awe’s underlying mechanisms has been increased. Specifically, researchers have been interested in how to reproduce intense feelings of awe within laboratory conditions. It has been proposed that the use of virtual reality (VR) could be an effective way to induce awe in controlled experimental settings, thanks to its ability of providing participants with a sense of “presence,” that is, the subjective feeling of being displaced in another physical or imaginary place. However, the potential of VR as awe-inducing medium has not been fully tested yet. In the present study, we provided an evidence-based design and a validation of four immersive virtual environments (VEs) involving 36 participants in a within-subject design. Of these, three VEs were designed to induce awe, whereas the fourth VE was targeted as an emotionally neutral stimulus. Participants self-reported the extent to which they felt awe, general affect and sense of presence related to each environment. As expected, results showed that awe-VEs could induce significantly higher levels of awe and presence as compared to the neutral VE. Furthermore, these VEs induced significantly more positive than negative affect. These findings supported the potential of immersive VR for inducing awe and provide useful indications for the design of awe-inspiring virtual environments.

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confidence: 89%

Designing Awe in Virtual Reality: An Experimental Study

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“…Connection: Users can feel a sense of belonging and relatedness through telepresence and communication (Garau et al, 2003 ; Angelini et al, 2015 ; Sakamoto et al, 2015 ; Seaborn, 2016 ; Bernal and Maes, 2017 ; Quesnel and Riecke, 2017 ).…”

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“…Movement: Users physically moved their bodies in order to interact with the system. Movement was used as a way to promote health (Eubanks, 2011 ; Seaborn, 2016 ) and also further immerse the user in the virtual space through embodiment (Davies and Harrison, 1996 ; Bal, 2013 ; Sakamoto et al, 2015 ; Quesnel and Riecke, 2017 ).…”

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“…A common theme was using park or garden elements (Choo and May, 2014 ; Angelini et al, 2015 ; Roo et al, 2016 ; Chittaro et al, 2017 ), while other experiences focused more specifically on trees and the forest (Davies and Harrison, 1996 ; Gromala et al, 2015 ; Patibanda et al, 2017 ). One experience used a sunset scenery (Shaw et al, 2007 ), and another used the entire Earth (Quesnel and Riecke, 2017 ).…”

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Immersive Interactive Technologies for Positive Change: A Scoping Review and Design Considerations

2018

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Practices such as mindfulness, introspection, and self-reflection are known to have positive short and long-term effects on health and well-being. However, in today's modern, fast-paced, technological world tempted by distractions these practices are often hard to access and relate to a broader audience. Consequently, technologies have emerged that mediate personal experiences, which is reflected in the high number of available applications designed to elicit positive changes. These technologies elicit positive changes by bringing users' attention to the self—from technologies that show representation of quantified personal data, to technologies that provide experiences that guide the user closer in understanding the self. However, while many designs available today are either built to support or are informed by these aforementioned practices, the question remains: how can we most effectively employ different design elements and interaction strategies to support positive change? Moreover, what types of input and output modalities contribute to eliciting positive states? To address these questions, we present here a state of the art scoping review of immersive interactive technologies that serve in a role of a mediator for positive change in users. We performed a literature search using ACM Digital Library, Web of Science, IEEE Xplore, and Design and Applied Arts Index (beginning of literature—January 1, 2018). We retrieved English-language articles for review, and we searched for published and unpublished studies. Risk of bias was assessed with Downs and Black 26-item QAT scale. We included 34 articles as relevant to the literature, and the analysis of the articles resulted in 38 instances of 33 immersive, interactive experiences relating to positive human functioning. Our contribution is three-fold: First we provide a scoping review of immersive interactive technologies for positive change; Second, we propose both a framework for future designs of positive interactive technologies and design consideration informed by the comparative analysis of the designs; Third, we provide design considerations for immersive, interactive technologies to elicit positive states and support positive change.

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“…Among those clues is the sensation of "chills" (also seen in literature as "shivers, " "frisson, " "tingles"), and often their concurrence with visual piloerection, or commonly known as goose bumps ("goose flesh") (Keltner and Haidt, 2003;Grewe et al, 2009;Benedek and Kaernbach, 2011;Nusbaum and Silvia, 2011;Stellar et al, 2017). Among the studies by Benedek and Kaernbach (2011), Quesnel and Riecke (2017), Sumpf et al (2015), and Wassiliwizky et al (2017), there is overall a 40% rate of goose bump elicitation in participants who watched moving/awe-inspiring videos or VR as stimuli. The consistency of this rate means goose bumps (with concurring chills or not) may be experienced by some people but not others, or that lab-induced stimuli may elicit less-intense awe experiences, theorized by Benedek and Kaernbach (2011), Silvia (2012), and Silvia et al (2015).…”

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confidence: 99%