Lecture 9: virtual-reality

Question 1

4 types of XR (extended reality)

Answer 1

1. reality
2. augmented reality
3. augmented virtuality
4. virtuality

Question 2

VR and immersion (6 types of VR stimulation)

Answer 2

1. tracking
2. predicted
3. enveloped senses (earphones)
4. natural in/output mapping
5. invisible interface
6. presence

Question 3

3 types of presence

Answer 3

1. spatial presence (i am there, things are here)
2. social presence (we are there)
3. self presence (this is me, this is my body)

Question 4

Things to know about VR

Answer 4

• big tech companies consider it the next internet
• it is powerful, evokes presence
• can be effective for VR-based exposure therapies

Question 5

subjective well-being vs. psychological well-being

Answer 5

subjective well-being
- the extend to which people think and experience their lives in positive vs negative ways

psychological well-being

1. competence (doing events helps me think more about my future career)
2. autonomy (when i do this, i put on who i am)
3. relatedness (finding communities of people like you)

Question 6

What contributes to spatial and social presence (results of research)

Answer 6

1. relatedness
2. self-expansion (autonomy, competence)
3. enjoyment

Question 7

results article: presence + anonymity create more self-disclosure

Answer 7

• no positive effect of anonymity

- there’s more self-disclosure in face-to-face and VR than online-text-based (so presence, yes)