Lecture 12. Virtual Reality

Question 1

Explain the virtuality continuum by Milgram & Kishino

Answer 1

• reality
• augmented reality
• augmented virtuality
• virtuality

( mixed reality within the two augmented ones)

Question 2

What is VR?

Answer 2

Sensorimotor contingencies (sensor display, motoric interactivity) and tracking of natural mapping

Question 3

Three different types of VR research (fox et al. 2015)

Answer 3

1. VR as an object
2. VR as an application
3. VR as a method

Question 4

There are different domains of applications for VR. Name 6

Answer 4

1. entertainment
2. social
3. health
4. training and education
5. work
6. journalism

Question 5

Which 3 different types of presence do we know?

Answer 5

1. spatial presence
2. social (co) presence
3. self- presence

Question 6

What are the immediate effects due to self presence?

Answer 6

1. reduced body temprature
2. reduced sensitivity from pain
3. adopted spatial perception
4. reduced implicit racial bias
5. intensified threat perception and stress

Question 7

What are the longterm effects due to self presence?

Answer 7

1. intensified addiction
2. depression due to substitution effects
3. depersonalisation
4. changes self-perception
5. learning effect, social behavior
6. more frequent source- attribution errors.

Question 8

Why is VR not perfect?

Answer 8

1. dimished arousal and effective response – it is not real so I am not scared
2. hedonic reversals
3. more exploratory and risk behavior tan in the real world