9. Designing for Persuasion through Embodied Experiences in Virtual Reality

How the body is perceived through media is key to many well-being interventions. Researchers have examined the effects of platforms on users’ self-perceptions, including immersive virtual reality, nonimmersive virtual worlds, and social media such as Facebook. In this article, we use several conceptions of levels of embodiment to compare empirical work on the effects of virtual reality and social media as they relate to perceptions and conceptions of the self and body. We encourage social media researchers to utilize research on embodiment in virtual reality to help frame the effects of social media use on well-being. Similarly, researchers in immersive media should consider the opportunities and risks that may arise as embodied experiences become more social. We conclude our discussion with implications for future applications in mental health.

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EMBODIED DIGITAL TWINS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS

ISPRS Annals of Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-annals-v-4-2021-193-2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol V-4-2021 ◽

pp. 193-200

Author(s):

A. Klippel ◽

P. Sajjadi ◽

J. Zhao ◽

J. O. Wallgrün ◽

J. Huang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Embodied Cognition ◽

Theoretical Basis ◽

High Fidelity ◽

Environmental Sciences ◽

Cognitive Sciences ◽

Digital Twins ◽

Embodied Experiences ◽

Research Frameworks ◽

Immersive Technologies

Abstract. The synergies of advances in environmental sensing and modeling and the mainstreaming of immersive technologies lay the foundation for a theoretical grounding of embodied digital twins. Embodied digital twins draw on an established understanding of the importance of place for environmental sciences as well as a paradigmatic shift in the cognitive sciences toward embodied cognition. Nonetheless, the excitement of realizing embodied experiences through immersive technologies such as augmented and virtual reality stands in stark contrast to a lack of consistent terminology and empirical research. In this vision paper, we are proposing to draw more deeply on the theoretical basis of embodied cognition and to establish research frameworks for advancing embodied digital twins. We discuss several examples for turning environmentally sensed and modeled information into high-fidelity immersive experiences and provide a discussion and outlook on critical topics to address.

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Designing for Persuasion through Embodied Experiences in Virtual Reality

Persuasive Gaming in Context ◽

10.5117/9789463728805_ch09 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sun Joo Ahn

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Sensory Information ◽

Physical World ◽

User Perceptions ◽

Attitudes And Behaviors ◽

Embodied Experiences ◽

Carry Over ◽

Underlying Mechanisms ◽

Virtual Experiences ◽

The Moment

Embodied experiences in virtual reality (VR) involves the reproduction of sufficiently realistic sensory information so that users are able to see, hear, and feel experiences as if they are going through them at the moment. A growing body of literature evinces that the effects of these virtual experiences carry over into the physical world to impact attitudes and behaviors in the physical world. Underlying mechanisms of embodied experiences that produce these outcomes are discussed in the context of media affordances or interactions between novel attributes of VR and user perceptions of them. Design implications to maximize persuasive effects are examined and illustrated with case studies. Finally, the limitations of embodied experiences are considered using the efficiency framework.

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Transcending Dimensions

The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199981601.013.31 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 656-676

Author(s):

Sita Popat

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Euclidean Space ◽

Virtual World ◽

Mixed Reality ◽

Physical World ◽

The Body ◽

Newtonian Physics ◽

Projection Screen ◽

Cultural Experiences ◽

Embodied Experiences

This chapter considers how the use of screendance within performances and installations affects the ways in which audiences and participants experience bodies in space by transcending the dimensions ascribed to them traditionally by the material world and the projection screen. Mixed reality and “ubiquitous computing” are increasingly embedded in our social and cultural experiences, and three dance or dance-related examples that use them are examined: Merce Cunningham’s Biped, igloo’s SwanQuake: House, and Paul Sermon’s Telematic Dreaming. Virtual reality can have a realistic perspective that creates an environment comparable to the physical world, or it can challenge Euclidean space and Newtonian physics by highlighting phenomena that can only exist in the virtual world—yet both of these can create binaries that disrupt embodied experiences by prioritizing concept over sensation. Dance has much to offer in developing understandings of how the body and technology can manage and overcome binary tendencies within a mixed reality environment.

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Designing for Persuasion through Embodied Experiences in Virtual Reality

Persuasive Gaming in Context ◽

10.2307/j.ctv1hw3z1d.13 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 163-180

Author(s):

Sun Joo Ahn

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Embodied Experiences

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Detection of neuronal response in a new mechatronics equipment with virtual reality images

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology ◽

10.1016/s0013-4694(97)89078-9 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 103 (1) ◽

pp. 223

Author(s):

A Rovetta

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Neuronal Response

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Top-Down Processing and Visual Reorientation Illusions in a Virtual Reality Environment

Swiss Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1024/1421-0185.63.3.143 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 63 (3) ◽

pp. 143-149 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fred W. Mast ◽

Charles M. Oman

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Visual Processing ◽

Line Length ◽

Perceptual Cues ◽

Virtual Reality Environment ◽

Top Down ◽

Test Conditions ◽

The Subject ◽

Processing Mechanisms

The role of top-down processing on the horizontal-vertical line length illusion was examined by means of an ambiguous room with dual visual verticals. In one of the test conditions, the subjects were cued to one of the two verticals and were instructed to cognitively reassign the apparent vertical to the cued orientation. When they have mentally adjusted their perception, two lines in a plus sign configuration appeared and the subjects had to evaluate which line was longer. The results showed that the line length appeared longer when it was aligned with the direction of the vertical currently perceived by the subject. This study provides a demonstration that top-down processing influences lower level visual processing mechanisms. In another test condition, the subjects had all perceptual cues available and the influence was even stronger.

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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Swiss Surgery ◽

10.1024/1023-9332.8.6.250 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 250-254

Author(s):

Vogelbach ◽

Bogdan ◽

Rosenthal ◽

Pfefferkorn ◽

Triponez

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy ◽

Neue Technik

Fragestellung: Die dieser Untersuchung zugrunde liegende Frage war, ob das angewandte Ausbildungskonzept geeignet war, um am Beispiel der Einführung der laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie eine neue Operationsmethode in einer universitären Ausbildungsklinik mit einer grossen Anzahl Chirurgen zu etablieren. Patienten und Methodik: Seit Einführung der ersten laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie wurden alle Cholezystektomien während zwei Jahren (Mai 1990 bis Mai 1992) prospektiv erfasst. Ein Ausbildungskonzept wurde gewählt, bei dem jeweils ein Operateur durch einen Tutor geschult wurde und so 15 konsekutive Eingriffe durchführte, um dann die Technik einem weiteren auszubildenden Chirurgen zu instruieren. Resultate: In zwei Jahren wurden 355 Patienten cholezystektomiert. 60% der Operationen wurden laparoskopisch durchgeführt oder begonnen. 40% der Operationen wurden offen durchgeführt. In den ersten zwei Jahren konnten 13 Operateure (durchschnittlich 16 Operationen / Operateur , range 1 - 60) in die neue Technik eingeführt werden. Es traten keine schweren Komplikationen, insbesondere keine Gallenwegsverletzungen in dieser Einführungsphase auf. Diskussion: In der Literatur wird dieses Vorgehen bei der Einführungsphase seit 1992 wiederholt vorgestellt, diskutiert und empfohlen. Zwischenzeitlich gibt es Richtlinien von Fachgesellschaften und nationalen Institutionen, welche die Ausbildung zur Ausführung neuer chirurgischer Techniken reglementieren. In den letzten Jahren verlagern sich die ersten Ausbildungsschritte in Richtung Trainingskurse an skill-stations und virtual reality Trainer. Schlussfolgerung: Das beschriebene Ausbildungskonzept bewährte sich in der Einführungsphase der laparoskopischen Cholezystektomie zu Beginn der 90er-Jahre.

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