scholarly journals Video Games as a Media for Tourism Experience

2022 ◽  
pp. 67-71
Author(s):  
Yang Junko ◽  
Chia-Hsiang Hsu ◽  
Tsong-Zen Liu
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Mental Imagery ◽  
Survey Questionnaire ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Marketing Tool ◽  
Tourism And Hospitality

AbstractVirtual reality technology in recent year has been a hot topic in tourism and hospitality field, both for research and practical purposes. Virtual technology has some limitation, such as costs and time, which can be addressed by a different form of virtual technology, which is video games. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effects of mental imagery, sense of presence and addition of storytelling towards tourism experience by using video games as a medium. Previous studies have analyzed effects of mental imagery and presence towards the tourism experience, but there is lack of research in using storytelling or narratives to add to the tourism experience. Storytelling has been studied in marketing field, and has been found to be a great marketing tool, because people love to hear stories. Video games can be a better tool for delivering storytelling, while providing solid mental imagery and a sense of presence to the location. The methodology proposed for this study is a quantitative approach, using survey questionnaire as a tool. Two sampling method is proposed. The first is to use players of location-based games as the population, and randomly take the sample. The second method is to uses tourists or potential tourists of a destination, have the respondents try out the game, and answer the questionnaire. The proposed research could provide the importance of storytelling to be added for virtual reality and video games usage in tourism and hospitality field.

Reducing Outgroup Bias through Intergroup Contact with Non-Playable Video Game Characters in VR

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priska Breves
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Black People ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Racially Diverse ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Explicit Bias ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Impact

Video games are one of the most popular media forms in today's society, but are often criticized for various reasons. For instance, mainstream video games do not incorporate enough racially diverse game characters or are often connected to adolescents’ levels of aggression and have thus been the focus of many debates. While the negative consequences of video games have been analyzed by many academic studies, research on the prosocial effects of video games is scarce. To address this research gap and support the ongoing call for more diverse video game characters, this study used a 3 × 1 between-subjects design ( N = 86) to test the impact of racially diverse non-playable characters (NPCs). The parasocial contact hypothesis was used as the theoretical foundation, incorporating virtual reality technology as an intensifier of effects. The results showed that helping a Black NPC did not reduce implicit bias, but reduced explicit bias towards Black people. This improvement was stronger when the video game was played using virtual reality technology than when using a traditional two-dimensional gaming device.

scholarly journals Predictors of Smoking Craving During Virtual Reality Exposure

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-434
Author(s):  
Marta Ferrer-García ◽  
Olaya García-Rodríguez ◽  
Irene Pericot-Valverde ◽  
Jin H. Yoon ◽  
Roberto Secades-Villa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Nicotine Dependence ◽  
Cue Reactivity ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Individual Variables ◽  
Virtual Reality Exposure ◽  
Cue Exposure Treatment

Cue exposure treatment (CET) consists of controlled and repeated exposure to drug-related stimuli in order to reduce cue-reactivity. Virtual reality (VR) has proved to be a promising tool for exposition. However, identifying the variables that can modulate the efficacy of this technique is essential for selecting the most appropriate exposure modality. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between several individual variables and self-reported craving in smokers exposed to VR environments. Forty-six smokers were exposed to seven complex virtual environments that reproduce typical situations in which people smoke. Self-reported craving was selected as the criterion variable and three types of variables were selected as the predictor variables: related to nicotine dependence, related to anxiety and impulsivity, and related to the sense of presence in the virtual environments. Sense of presence was the only predictor of self-reported craving in all the experimental virtual environments. Nicotine dependence variables added predictive power to the model only in the virtual breakfast at home. No relation was found between anxiety or impulsivity and self-reported craving. Virtual reality technology can be very helpful for improving CET for substance use disorders. However, the use of virtual environments would make sense only insofar as the sense of presence was high. Otherwise, the effectiveness of exposure might be affected.

Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Agriculture

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 2391-2394
Author(s):  
Yun Peng Duan ◽  
Hai Tao Fu ◽  
Li Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Technology Application ◽  
Education Medical ◽  
At Home

Virtual reality (VR) is a hot spot of technology at home and abroad in recent years, is an integrated and information science. Is with the aid of computer technology and the hardware equipment, the realization of a kind of people can be felt by touch the olfactory audio-visual means virtual dreamland. The technology has been used in industry, commerce, education, medical, military, entertainment and so on various areas to work, this article mainly from the aspects of agriculture, introduced virtual agriculture, virtual plants, and virtual technology application in agriculture.

scholarly journals Virtual simulation system for prosthodontics. Part I

2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
Simona Andreea Sandu ◽  
◽  
Călin Dan Neamţu ◽  
Sorin Dan Grigorescu ◽  
Ionel Bujorel Păvăloiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Imaging Simulation ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Haptic Technology ◽  
Tactile Response ◽  
Simulation Systems

Current computerized technologies introduced into dental prosthetics use 3D imaging, simulation systems, virtual reality. The virtual reality system, based on haptic technology, is a new instrument in the teaching process, still developing. The necessity to implement virtual reality technology has emerged from the fact that medical practice has been restricted to patients in recent years. Virtual reality systems have been introduced in order to practice certain clinical maneuvers and to acquire specific skills. Actual, virtual technology is at the stage where offers advanced simulations to users by combining visual and tactile response. The efficiency of e-learning platforms is increased when including virtual reality technologies. Thus, a new, interactive concept is introduced.

scholarly journals Design of Education Application based on Shiva 3D Platform

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 200
Author(s):  
Hui Sun
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Game Engine ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Electronic Products ◽  
3D Game ◽  
Virtual Platform ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
And Training

With the popular spread of electronic products, more and more related applications based on a virtual platform are being utilized. Meanwhile, more and more concerns are surfacing about the implementation of the functionality of virtual reality technology in the education or training field. The paper gives a specific example to propose the characteristics of a gaming education application based on Shiva 3D game engine. The implementation of this kind of application indicates that virtual reality technology of video games can be used in self-learning in education and training and can have significant results.

scholarly journals Diffusion of Innovation: Case of Co-Design of Cabins in Mobile Work Machine Industry

Computers ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asko Ellman ◽  
Tarja Tiainen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Virtual Technology ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Mobile Work ◽  
The Social ◽  
Head Mounted Displays ◽  
Machine Industry

This paper describes the development of using virtual reality for work content in one application area over a decade. Virtual reality technology has developed rapidly; from walk-in CAVE-like virtual environments to head-mounted displays within a decade. In this paper, the development is studied through the lens of diffusion of innovation theory, which focuses not only on innovation itself, but also on the social system. The development of virtual technology is studied by one case, which is cabin design in the mobile work machine industry. This design process has been especially suitable for using virtual reality technology.

scholarly journals Virtual Reality as a Tool to Study the Influence of the Eating Environment on Eating Behavior: A Feasibility Study

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
James H. Oliver ◽  
James H. Hollis
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Food Intake ◽  
Sensory Evaluation ◽  
Eating Behavior ◽  
Eating Rate ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Test Food ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Significant Difference

In this manuscript, we describe a new approach to study the effect of the eating environment on food intake and eating behavior using virtual reality technology. Fifteen adults consumed pizza rolls in two virtual reality (VR) environments: a restaurant and a table in an empty room. The participants’ food intake, eating parameters (e.g., masticatory parameters and eating rate), and their sensory evaluation of the test food was measured. The participants’ sense of presence (the feeling of being in the virtual environment) and markers of arousal were also measured. There was no statistical significant difference in food intake or the sensory evaluation of the test food. In the restaurant condition, participants used fewer masticatory cycles before swallowing but there was no effect on eating rate or maximum bite force. Participants experienced a greater sense of presence when they were in the pizza restaurant scene. Moreover, their heart rate and skin temperature were higher in the restaurant condition. This study suggests that VR could be developed as a new tool to study the effect of the eating environment on food intake and eating behavior.

Using Advanced Approaches in Urban Design Researches

2015 ◽  
pp. 722-750
Author(s):  
Amir Shakibamanesh ◽  
Mahshid Ghorbanian
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Design Studies ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
3D Digital Models ◽  
Scientific Sense

A lot of scientific studies have investigated virtual reality, the technological phenomenon of the modern world. However, there is no comprehensive study about the practical use of this technology in the urban design field. The aim of this chapter is to investigate this subject. The first step is to outline the 3D digital models discussed as a context for the formation of virtual reality. Then summarizing experts view in the field of virtual reality technology; the study presents components, conditions and requirements necessary to create a virtual environment in its real scientific sense. Since the chapter aims at utilizing virtual reality in the context of urban design studies, it focuses on virtual reality applications in urban design projects, and advantages and limitations of this technique in this area. Finally, at the end of this chapter most common devices needed for equipping a VR Lab and experiencing the sense of presence in virtual environment have been studied in three main categories including non-immersive, immersive, and full-immersive.

Using Advanced Approaches in Urban Design Researches

2016 ◽  
pp. 2281-2308
Author(s):  
Amir Shakibamanesh ◽  
Mahshid Ghorbanian
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
Design Studies ◽  
Sense Of Presence ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
3D Digital Models ◽  
Scientific Sense

A lot of scientific studies have investigated virtual reality, the technological phenomenon of the modern world. However, there is no comprehensive study about the practical use of this technology in the urban design field. The aim of this chapter is to investigate this subject. The first step is to outline the 3D digital models discussed as a context for the formation of virtual reality. Then summarizing experts view in the field of virtual reality technology; the study presents components, conditions and requirements necessary to create a virtual environment in its real scientific sense. Since the chapter aims at utilizing virtual reality in the context of urban design studies, it focuses on virtual reality applications in urban design projects, and advantages and limitations of this technique in this area. Finally, at the end of this chapter most common devices needed for equipping a VR Lab and experiencing the sense of presence in virtual environment have been studied in three main categories including non-immersive, immersive, and full-immersive.

ACHILLES AS A MARKETING TOOL FOR VIRTUAL HERITAGE APPLICATIONS

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Nabil Arafa
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
The Past ◽  
Virtual Heritage ◽  
Interactive Training ◽  
Marketing Tool ◽  
At Home

Virtual Reality technology has made it possible for people to visit places and enjoy different exciting experiences while remaining at home. It gives an opportunity to enjoy the past at its best. Virtual Reality was introduced in 1929 with interactive training devices that simulated fighter planes. In 1957, the Sensorama simulator was designed which could generate city smells and wind sensations. The need for tourism to become virtual becomes more urgent than ever before. Virtual Reality applications provide this chance, not only in place, but in time as well. This paper presents a guide to the heritage applications' builders and marketers to reach more online users. The paper helps the builder to understand the consumer behaviour for marketing research. The paper illustrates eight levels, with each one leading to the next. The author named the eight levels A.C.H.I.L.L.E.S. Each letter represents a level; beginning with the awareness and ending with the sustainability. ACHILLES represents a sequence that shows three main phases of mobile application usage. It aims for a better management for the online visitors' engagement. This aim can be accomplished through the understanding of the different stages that the online visitors go through. In addition, it shows the correlation between the users and the mobile application.

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