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It's Not Always Better When We're Together: Effects of Being Accompanied in Virtual Reality

Authors:

Florian Habler,

Polina Ugnivenko,

Valentin SchwindAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '20: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3334480.3382826

Published: 25 April 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) enables immersive applications that make rich content available independent of time and space. By replacing or supplementing physical face-to-face meetings, VR could also radically change how we socially interact with others. Despite this potential, the effect of transferring physical collaborative experience into a virtual one is unclear. Therefore, we investigated the experience differences between a collaborative virtual environment (CVE) and a physical environment. We used a museum visit as a task since it is a typical social experience and a promising use case for VR. 48 participants experienced the task in real and virtual environments, either alone or with a partner. Despite the potential of CVEs, we found that being in a virtual environment has adverse effects on the experience which is reinforced by being in the environment with another person. Based on quantitative and qualitative results, we provide recommendations for the design of future multi-user virtual environments.

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Mauri MTriberti SVillani D(2023)The Silence of Art: Investigating the Emotional Experience of a Virtual Museum by Facial Expression AnalysisExtended Reality10.1007/978-3-031-43404-4_19(302-312)Online publication date: 6-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-43404-4_19
Rzayev RUgnivenko PGraf SSchwind VHenze NKitamura YQuigley AIsbister KIgarashi TBjørn PDrucker S(2021)Reading in VR: The Effect of Text Presentation Type and LocationProceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3411764.3445606(1-10)Online publication date: 6-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411764.3445606

Index Terms

It's Not Always Better When We're Together: Effects of Being Accompanied in Virtual Reality
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
      1. User studies
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality

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CHI EA '20: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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DOI:10.1145/3334480

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Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
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Monash University, Australia
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Newcastle University, UK
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RMIT, Australia
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University of British Columbia, Canada
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University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Grenoble Alpes University, France
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University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Future University Hakodate, Japan & De La Salle University, Philippines
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University of Washington, USA

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Mauri MTriberti SVillani D(2023)The Silence of Art: Investigating the Emotional Experience of a Virtual Museum by Facial Expression AnalysisExtended Reality10.1007/978-3-031-43404-4_19(302-312)Online publication date: 6-Sep-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-031-43404-4_19
Rzayev RUgnivenko PGraf SSchwind VHenze NKitamura YQuigley AIsbister KIgarashi TBjørn PDrucker S(2021)Reading in VR: The Effect of Text Presentation Type and LocationProceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3411764.3445606(1-10)Online publication date: 6-May-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411764.3445606

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