The Most Social Platform Ever? A Survey about Activities &amp; Motives of Social VR Users

Sykownik, Philipp; Graf, Linda; Zils, Christoph; Masuch, Maic

doi:10.1109/vr50410.2021.00079

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“…There is evidence people are using games like VRChat in a similar fashion today; as approximations of self-led VRET. Coping with social anxieties was a leading reason people started to play VRChat during the COVID-19 pandemic (Kelley, 2021;Sykownik et al, 2021). Social VR games can facilitate casual intimacy (Maloney and Freeman, 2020), which may provide opportunity for patients to engage with social phobias in low-stake settings.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Symbiosis of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Telemental Health: A Review

Ong¹,

Wilczewski²,

Soni³

et al. 2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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Phobias and related anxiety are common and costly mental health disorders. Experts anticipate the prevalence of phobias will increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Exposure therapies have been established as effective and reliable treatments for anxiety, including recent innovations in virtual reality-based exposure therapy (VRET). With the recent advent of telemental health (TMH), VRET is poised to become mainstream. The combination of VRET and TMH has the potential to extend provider treatment options and improve patient care experiences. In this narrative review, we describe how recent events have accelerated VRET + TMH, identify barriers to VRET + TMH implementation, and discuss strategies to navigate those barriers.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Symbiosis of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Telemental Health: A Review

Ong¹,

Wilczewski²,

Soni³

et al. 2022

Front. Virtual Real.

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“…With an increasing number of companies investing in immersive technologies and the future of the metaverse, social encounters in virtual environments (VE) will become commonplace in the foreseeable future. We can already observe this trend on platforms for personal use where users meet in VR to socialize, play, and experience cultural events together (Sykownik et al, 2021)-even more pronounced during the pandemic (Rzeszewski and Evans, 2020). This development also extends to the business context.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…People use social VR platforms for a broad range of reasons. The strongest motives are meeting people, staying in contact, and experiencing social presence (Sykownik et al, 2021). Interacting in VEs offers considerable potential for high social presence (Short et al, 1976) as the spatial nature of the medium allows users to encounter other people in a shared space and affords complex social interactions and group dynamics.…”

Section: Social Interactions In Vrmentioning

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Seeing the faces is so important—Experiences from online team meetings on commercial virtual reality platforms

Bonfert

Reinschluessel²,

Putze³

et al. 2023

Front. Virtual Real.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, online meetings became common for daily teamwork in the home office. To understand the opportunities and challenges of meeting in virtual reality (VR) compared to videoconferences, we conducted the weekly team meetings of our human-computer interaction research lab on five off-the-shelf online meeting platforms over 4 months. After each of the 12 meetings, we asked the participants (N = 32) to share their experiences, resulting in 200 completed online questionnaires. We evaluated the ratings of the overall meeting experience and conducted an exploratory factor analysis of the quantitative data to compare VR meetings and video calls in terms of meeting involvement and co-presence. In addition, a thematic analysis of the qualitative data revealed genuine insights covering five themes: spatial aspects, meeting atmosphere, expression of emotions, meeting productivity, and user needs. We reflect on our findings gained under authentic working conditions, derive lessons learned for running successful team meetings in VR supporting different kinds of meeting formats, and discuss the team’s long-term platform choice.

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“…With an increasing number of companies investing into immersive technologies and the future of the metaverse, social encounters in virtual environments (VE) will become commonplace in the foreseeable future. We can already observe this trend on platforms for personal use where users meet in VR to socialize, play, and experience cultural events together (Sykownik et al, 2021) -even more pronounced during the pandemic (Rzeszewski and Evans, 2020). This development also extends to the business context.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…People use social VR platforms for a broad range of reasons. The strongest motives are meeting people, staying in contact, and experiencing social presence (Sykownik et al, 2021). Interacting in VEs offers great potential for high social presence (Short et al, 1976) as the spatial nature of the medium allows users to encounter other people in a shared space and affords complex social interactions and group dynamics.…”

Section: Social Interactions In Vrmentioning

confidence: 99%

"Seeing the Faces Is So Important" -- Experiences From Online Team Meetings on Commercial Virtual Reality Platforms

Bonfert¹,

Reinschluessel²,

Putze³

et al. 2022

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During the Covid-19 pandemic, online meetings became common for daily teamwork in the home office. To understand the opportunities and challenges of meeting in virtual reality (VR) compared to video conferences, we conducted the weekly team meetings of our human-computer interaction research lab on five off-the-shelf online meeting platforms over four months. After each of the 12 meetings, we asked the participants (N = 32) to share their experiences, resulting in 200 completed online questionnaires. We evaluated the ratings of the overall meeting experience and conducted an exploratory factor analysis of the quantitative data to compare VR meetings and video calls in terms of meeting involvement and co-presence. In addition, a thematic analysis of the qualitative data revealed genuine insights covering five themes: spatial aspects, meeting atmosphere, expression of emotions, meeting productivity, and user needs. We reflect on our findings gained under authentic working conditions, derive lessons learned for running successful team meetings in VR supporting different kinds of meeting formats, and discuss the team's long-term platform choice.

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The Most Social Platform Ever? A Survey about Activities & Motives of Social VR Users

Cited by 34 publications

References 43 publications

The Symbiosis of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Telemental Health: A Review

The Symbiosis of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy and Telemental Health: A Review

Seeing the faces is so important—Experiences from online team meetings on commercial virtual reality platforms

"Seeing the Faces Is So Important" -- Experiences From Online Team Meetings on Commercial Virtual Reality Platforms

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