Future stories: co-designing virtual reality (VR) experiences with young people with a serious illness in hospital

Balfour, Michael; Cattoni, Jan; Sextou, Persephone; Herbert, Anthony; Seear, Lynne; Lobwein, Guy; Gibson, Margaret; Penton, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/13569783.2022.2034496

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“…This verse ballad by Murray Lachlan Young has been produced as an illustrated book, a stage-play, an audio CD, and an interactive VR game for both tablet and HMD. Cocreation of bespoke immersive experience can furthermore be of great value in health care, for example, 360°films for people living with dementia (Abraham, 2020), computer-generated experiences for young people with a serious illness in hospital (Balfour et al, 2022), and live role-play to give people greater understanding of the experience of living with dementia (Berezina-Blackburn et al, 2018). Some participants in the present study highlighted that VR technology for immersive-360°theater is currently underutilized, and that it could be especially useful in creating a more sociable experience.…”

Section: Improving the Social Impact Of Immersive-360°theatermentioning

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Immersive-360° theater: User experience in the virtual auditorium and platform efficacy for current and underserved audiences.

Webb,

Hibbard,

Dawson

et al. 2024

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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Section: Improving the Social Impact Of Immersive-360°theatermentioning

confidence: 99%

Immersive-360° theater: User experience in the virtual auditorium and platform efficacy for current and underserved audiences.

Webb,

Hibbard,

Dawson

et al. 2024

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

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“…This verse ballad by Murray Lachlan Young has been produced as an illustrated book, a stage-play, an audio CD, and an interactive VR game for both tablet and HMD. Cocreation of bespoke immersive experience can furthermore be of great value in health care, for example 360° films for people living with dementia (Abraham, 2020), computer-generated experiences for young people with a serious illness in hospital (Balfour, 2022), and live role-play to give people greater understanding of the experience of living with dementia (Berezina-Blackburn, 2018). Some participants in the present study highlighted that VR technology for immersive-360° theatre is currently underutilised, and that it could be especially useful in creating a more sociable experience.…”

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sychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts Immersive-360° theatre: user experience in the virtual auditorium and platform efficacy for current and underserved audiences

Webb¹,

Hibbard²,

Dawson³

et al. 2023

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The present study explores the efficacy and social potential of immersive-360° theatre– live captured theatre performances filmed for virtual reality viewing - as a remoteplatform for audiences to view theatre. We obtained survey and structured interviewresponses from 166 and 30 participants, respectively, self-categorised as regulartheatregoers, novices, and underserved audiences. We measured immersion,presence, and emotional arousal in the virtual auditorium, technology acceptance, andsocial perceptions including its compatibility with traditional theatre and use as a social,wellbeing, and accessibility tool. Findings show that in the immersive-360° theatreauditorium ratings for presence and immersion are mixed, and the latter is likely to beinfluenced by external factors including hardware quality and environmental distractors.For most, immersive-360° theatre is regarded as a positive tool for wellbeing andaccessibility, but many highlighted the absence of social aspects which are central tothe traditional theatre experience and cannot be replicated in such remote conditions.Despite this, the experience was enjoyable for most participants, and crucially, amajority of participants do not perceive immersive-360° theatre as a “threat” to itstraditional counterpart. Rather, with certain improvements it is seen as a compatibleand complementary offering that has potential for use as a digital offering forunderserved audiences and recruiting new patrons. Suggestions for improving thequality of the VR theatre experience and its potential as an accessibility tool includedimproving headset quality and resolution, additional accessibility and user controls, andimportantly the ability to share the experience with another in real-time.

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What sits, what sticks: moving into lived, disruptive, co-produced filmmaking practices in literacy classrooms

Bramley,

Rowsell

2024

Education 3-13

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Future stories: co-designing virtual reality (VR) experiences with young people with a serious illness in hospital

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

Immersive-360° theater: User experience in the virtual auditorium and platform efficacy for current and underserved audiences.

Immersive-360° theater: User experience in the virtual auditorium and platform efficacy for current and underserved audiences.

sychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts Immersive-360° theatre: user experience in the virtual auditorium and platform efficacy for current and underserved audiences

What sits, what sticks: moving into lived, disruptive, co-produced filmmaking practices in literacy classrooms

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