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“In My Safe Space”: Social Support for LGBTQ Users in Social Virtual Reality

Acena, Dane, Freeman, Guo·2021·Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
DOI 10.1145/3411763.3451673
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Virtual Reality (VR) has long been an important research focus in HCI since the 1960s. In the past five years, we have seen a more pronounced rise of VR, especially social VR. In particular, social VR is becoming increasingly popular within the LGBTQ community. Yet, little research explores how LGBTQ users participate in social VR and how social VR has potential to support them by affording a range of inclusive interactions. Based on eight interviews and two months of participatory observations, in this paper we report findings of our preliminary study of LGBTQ users’ engagement in social VR, especially regarding how social VR may afford social support for these users. Our study contributes to better understanding the nuanced experiences of LGBTQ users in social VR so as to create more inclusive and safe social VR spaces for all.

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  • Acena and Freeman (2021) described social VR environments as functioning as safe spaces in the clinical sense of settings that reduce threat and support authentic self-expression.

    “A similar pattern was observed in Acena and Freeman's (2021) study, based on eight interviews and 2 months of participatory observation in social VR, which described these environments as functioning as safe spaces in the clinical sense of settings that reduce threat and support authentic self-expression.”

    From Artificial intelligence and immersive technologies for LGBTQ+ youth: a narrative review (2026) · cites this paper as Acena and Freeman's (2021)

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Authors
Acena, D., & Freeman, G.
Venue
Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher
ACM
Published
2021-05-08
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1-6
DOI
10.1145/3411763.3451673
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44
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