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Virtual Reality Experiments with Physiological Measures

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Affective interactions using virtual reality: the link between presence and emotions.

Giuseppe Riva¹, Fabrizia Mantovani, Claret Samantha Capideville

¹Applied Technology for Neuro-Psychology Laboratory, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. auxo.psylab@auxologico.it

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Virtual reality (VR) effectively induces emotions like anxiety and relaxation by immersing users in virtual environments. This study highlights VR

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Virtual Reality Experiments with Physiological Measures

Virtual Reality Experiments with Physiological Measures

Published on: August 29, 2018

Area of Science:

Human-Computer Interaction
Affective Computing
Virtual Reality

Background:

Traditional media like movies can elicit emotions, but manipulating interactive media for specific emotional responses remains less understood.
Virtual Reality (VR) offers unique potential as an affective medium due to its capacity to induce a strong sense of presence.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the efficacy of VR as a medium for inducing specific emotional states.
To explore the relationship between the feeling of presence and emotional responses within VR environments.

Main Methods:

Participants interacted with virtual environments designed to evoke either anxiety or relaxation.
Emotional responses and the sense of presence were measured during the VR experiences.

Main Results:

Interaction with "anxious" and "relaxing" virtual environments successfully produced corresponding emotional states (anxiety and relaxation).
A circular relationship was observed between presence and emotions: higher presence in emotional environments, and emotional states influenced by presence levels.

Conclusions:

Virtual Reality is a potent affective medium capable of inducing targeted emotions.
The interplay between presence and emotional states in VR is bidirectional and significant for affective interaction design.