在虚拟世界中的悲伤:在VRChat上的基于avatar的纪念中,情感过程和代际差异
Mengxi Fu1, Hanyu Xiao1,2, Haoyi Ruan3
1Design and Performing Industries Department, Wales Institute of Science and Art, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Swansea, United Kingdom.
Frontiers in psychology
|December 26, 2025
概括
年轻的用户玩地为虚拟化身的丢失而悲伤,而年长的用户更喜欢庄严. 数字悲伤通过虚拟现实 (VR) 中的沉浸式,参与式和世代形成的实践重新配置情绪.
科学领域:
- 数字人文学科 数字人文学科
- 人与计算机的交互
- 悲伤研究 悲伤研究
背景情况:
- 像虚拟现实 (VR) 这样的沉浸式技术使新的悲伤形式成为可能.
- 在虚拟现实中对悲伤的研究主要是针对现实世界的个人丧失.
- 失去虚拟化身的体验,用户身份的扩展,仍然没有得到充分的研究.
研究的目的:
- 检查一代人对虚拟化身损失的解释和反应的差异.
- 探索用户在虚拟现实 (VR) 式为化身的纪念仪式期间的体验.
- 为了解决与虚拟身份丧失相关的悲伤理解的差距.
主要方法:
- 在VRChat (虚拟现实社交平台) 中进行了两次以化身为基础的葬礼.
- 采用包括参与者观察在内的定性研究方法.
- 收集了来自16个半结构化访谈的数据,采访了18-65岁的用户,随后进行了主题分析.
主要成果:
- 确定了两个关键主题:代际差异和文化影响,以及数字哀悼期间的情感体验.
- 年轻的参与者表现出幽默,叙事游戏和灵活的身份实验,以应对化身损失.
- 年龄较大的参与者在纪念活动中表现出更大的庄严,仪式结构和象征性的连续性.
结论:
- 提出了虚拟哀悼的混合悲伤模型 (HGM-VM),整合了悲伤理论和社会技术视角.
- 虚拟哀悼使情绪变得真实,通过沉浸式,参与式和世代影响的实践重新配置它们.
- 这些发现为设计具有情感共的虚拟纪念环境提供了意义.
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