VL10: VR

Question 1

Welche 3 Formen von Präsenz gibt es?

Answer 1

• spatial presence: vividness (width, depth) & Interactivity (Speed, range, mapping)
• self Presence: physical body, virtual body, mental model of body
• social presence: co-presence (co-location, mutual awareness), psychological involvement, behavioral engagement

Spatial presence: “feeling of being there“
Social presence: “feeling of being together”
- sharing the virtual space with other social agent(s)
- social agents do not have to be visible (e.g., playing together using voice chat)
- social agents do not have to be human

Question 2

How to humanize non-humans?

Answer 2

Anthropomorphism!!!
Definition: Perceiving humanlike characteristics in either real or imagined nonhuman agents

Question 3

training and therapy

Answer 3

• Gaming to foster empathy
• AR to improve social skills, ToM, empathy, collaboration
• Serious gaming for Asperger Syndrome
• Perspective-taking for violent offenders
• Stereotype reduction
• (Social) phobia treatment
• VR to reduce pain
• Interactivity as an important factor