Emotional and Cognitive Empathy, Enjoyment and Ease of Use of a Virtual Reality Environment about Migration in Colombia

Bacca-Acosta, Jorge; Sierra-Puentes, Myriam; Avila-Garzon, Cecilia; Molina-Pinzon, Natalia; Nieto, Guillermo Luigui; Torres-Urrea, Carol; Rodriguez-Velasquez, Juan

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_38

Communications in Computer and Information Science

2023

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-47328-9_38

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Emotional and Cognitive Empathy, Enjoyment and Ease of Use of a Virtual Reality Environment about Migration in Colombia

Jorge Bacca-Acosta,

Myriam Sierra-Puentes,

Cecilia Avila-Garzon

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Predictors of Engagement in Virtual Reality Storytelling Environments about Migration

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Chaves-Rodríguez

2023

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Virtual reality (VR) environments provide a high level of immersion that expands the possibilities for perspective-taking so that people can be in the shoes of others. In that regard, VR storytelling environments are good for situating people in a real migration story. Previous research has investigated how users engage in narrative VR experiences. However, there is a lack of research on the predictors of engagement in VR storytelling environments. To fill this gap in the literature, this study aims to identify the predictors of engagement when VR is used as a medium to tell a migration story. A structural model based on hypotheses was validated using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with data from the interaction of 212 university students with a tailor-made VR experience developed in Unity to engage people in two migration stories. The results show that our model explains 55.2% of the variance in engagement because of the positive influence of immersion, presence, agency, usability, and user experience (UX).

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Predictors of Engagement in Virtual Reality Storytelling Environments about Migration

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Chaves-Rodríguez

2023

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Insights into the Predictors of Empathy in Virtual Reality Environments

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2023

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The effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) in eliciting empathy lies in the fact that VR offers possibilities for situating people in a specific context and in the shoes of others. Previous research has investigated the benefits of VR in eliciting empathy and has compared VR with other technologies. However, there is a lack of research on the predictors of empathy in VR experiences. To fill this gap in the literature, this study aimed to identify the predictors of empathy when VR is used as a medium to elicit empathy. A structural model based on hypotheses was validated using partial least squares–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) with data from the interaction of 100 participants in a tailor-made VR experience developed to create empathy toward migration. The results show that our model explains 44.8% of the variance in emotional empathy as a result of the positive influence of compassion and attitudes toward migrants. Moreover, the model explains 36.8% of the variance in cognitive empathy as a result of the positive influence of engagement, attitudes toward migrants, compassion, and immersion.

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