Palmer Luckey and the rise of contemporary virtual reality

Harley, Daniel

doi:10.1177/1354856519860237

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“…The results of the survey indicate that VR activities help users keep themselves occupied and physical active under the restrictions imposed by the lockdown. VR headsets have now become mainstream entertainment devices in many households due to their increasingly affordable price and technological accessibility [ 12 ]. Therefore, their potential as public health aids should be considered by researchers, policymakers, and healthcare workers to design and implement intervention strategies aimed at mitigating the negative consequences of prolonged lockdown periods.…”

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“…Virtual Reality (VR) is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as “a set of images and sounds, produced by a computer, that seem to represent a place or a situation that a person can take part in” [ 11 ]. Thanks to their increasing ease of use and affordable prices, VR headsets have recently gone from being a niche gadget for technology enthusiasts to a mainstream consumer product [ 12 ]. A wide range of VR applications have been developed for purposes as different as entertainment, education, business, and healthcare.…”

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Impact of the recreational use of virtual reality on physical and mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown

Siani

Marley

2021

Health Technol.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about significant changes to most aspects of our lives. As a result of the quarantine enforced by governments and authorities worldwide, people had to suddenly adapt their daily routines, including work, study, diet, leisure and fitness activities to the new circumstances. A growing body of research indicates that the engagement with virtual reality (VR) activities can have a positive impact on users’ mental and physical wellbeing. This study aims to evaluate the impact of VR activities on users under lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An online survey was carried out to investigate the recreational use of VR during the lockdown period and to gather users’ opinions on its impact on their physical and mental health. Non-parametric tests were used to evaluate the statistical significance of the responses provided by the 646 participants. The results of the survey show that VR use has significantly increased during the lockdown period for most participants, who expressed overwhelmingly positive opinions on the impact of VR activities on their mental and physical wellbeing. Strikingly, self-reported intensity of physical activity was considerably more strenuous in VR users than in console users. Given the current uncertainty as to the duration and course of the pandemic, as well as the possibility of intermittent lockdown in the upcoming years, the outcomes of this study could have a significant impact towards the development and deployment of VR-based strategies aimed at helping the population cope with prolonged social distancing, with particular regards to vulnerable individuals.

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Impact of the recreational use of virtual reality on physical and mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown

Siani

Marley

2021

Health Technol.

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“…VR is used in many applications because of technological advancements in medical sciences, video gaming, cinema and entertainment, education and training, engineering, architecture, and urban planning. Palmer Luckey designed the prototype of the Oculus rift, which had the capability of rotational tracking [29]. In 2015, HTC and Valve corporation collaborated on developing the HTC VIVE VR headset and motion controller, and both were built on Valves' steam VR platform.…”

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Impact of Virtual Reality-Based Design Review System on User’s Performance and Cognitive Behavior for Building Design Review Tasks

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Virtual reality (VR) can potentially enhance various design and construction assessment intensive tasks, such as construction design and review. However, it may lead to cognitive overload, adversely affecting the participants’ performance. It is critical to understand the effects of VR cognitive behavior for implementing VR technology in the construction industry. The principal objective of this study was to investigate the participants’ cognitive load (CL), task performance (TP), and situational awareness (SA) in the VR environment for the evaluation of building design review tasks. Participants were asked to review the design task based on their memory knowledge and understanding in one of the three environments: paper-based, monitor-based, and immersive virtual environment. Participants’ CL was measured using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA TLX), TP was evaluated on completion time and the number of errors correctly detected, and situational awareness (SA) was assessed using the Situational Awareness and Review Technique (SART). The statistical results show a high CL and better performance in the immersive virtual environment. These findings can contribute to a better understanding of cognitive process characteristics and capabilities for design review activities in the VR environment.

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“…For instance, social uses of the medium have been classified independently [30] and promoted as the future of the technology by companies like Facebook [12]. However, since games make up a major portion of the VR landscape, scholars and critics ponder how hardcore gamer culture and aesthetics affect VR [21], [23], [24] instead of experimentation with the medium's singular affordances or potential styles. Practical considerations compound these concerns: developers tactically deploy traditional industry conventions to engage a gaming audience and for merchandising reasons, utilizing existing platforms, controller norms, and code bases to accelerate content distribution [18].…”

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Beyond Genre: Classifying Virtual Reality Experiences

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Because virtual reality (VR) shares common features with video games, consumer content is usually classified according to traditional game genres and standards. However, VR offers different experiences based on the medium's unique affordances. To account for this disparity, the article presents a comparative analysis of titles from the Steam digital store across three platform types: VR only, VR supported, and non-VR. We analyzed data from a subset of the most popular applications within each category (N = 141, 93, and 1217, respectively). The three classification types we analyzed were academic game genres, developer defined categories, and user-denoted tags. Results identify the most common content classifications (e.g., Action and Shooter within VR only applications), the relative availability of each between platforms (e.g., Casual is more common in VR only than VR supported or non-VR), general platform popularity (e.g., VR only received less positive ratings than VR supported and non-VR), and which content types are associated with higher user ratings across platforms (e.g., Action and Music/Rhythm are most positively rated in VR only). Our findings ultimately provide a foundational framework for future theoretical constructions of classification systems based on content, market, interactivity, sociality, and service dependencies, which underlay how consumer VR is currently categorized.

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Palmer Luckey and the rise of contemporary virtual reality

Cited by 25 publications

References 4 publications

Impact of the recreational use of virtual reality on physical and mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown

Impact of the recreational use of virtual reality on physical and mental wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown

Impact of Virtual Reality-Based Design Review System on User’s Performance and Cognitive Behavior for Building Design Review Tasks

Beyond Genre: Classifying Virtual Reality Experiences

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