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Designing Awe in Virtual Reality: An Experimental Study

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Chirico, Alice, Ferrise, Francesco, Cordella, Lorenzo, Gaggioli, Andrea·2018·Frontiers in Psychology
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02351PMC PMC5786556
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Awe is a little-studied emotion with a great transformative potential. Therefore, the interest toward the study of awe's underlying mechanisms has been increased. Specifically, researchers have been interested in how to reproduce intense feelings of awe within laboratory conditions. It has been proposed that the use of virtual reality (VR) could be an effective way to induce awe in controlled experimental settings, thanks to its ability of providing participants with a sense of "presence," that is, the subjective feeling of being displaced in another physical or imaginary place. However, the potential of VR as awe-inducing medium has not been fully tested yet. In the present study, we provided an evidence-based design and a validation of four immersive virtual environments (VEs) involving 36 participants in a within-subject design. Of these, three VEs were designed to induce awe, whereas the fourth VE was targeted as an emotionally neutral stimulus. Participants self-reported the extent to which they felt awe, general affect and sense of presence related to each environment. As expected, results showed that awe-VEs could induce significantly higher levels of awe and presence as compared to the neutral VE. Furthermore, these VEs induced significantly more positive than negative affect. These findings supported the potential of immersive VR for inducing awe and provide useful indications for the design of awe-inspiring virtual environments.

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FIGURE 2 The High Snow Mountains environment.
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FIGURE 3 The Earth view from deep space environment.
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FIGURE 4 The Neutral environment: green clearing.
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FIGURE 5 Diagram of evidence-based stimuli design.
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FIGURE 6 Bayesian graph of Mountains vs. Earth view conditions considering vastness measure.
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Authors
Chirico, A., Ferrise, F., Cordella, L., & Gaggioli, A.
Affiliations
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
  • Politecnico di Milano (IT)
Corresponding author
Ferrise, Francesco
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Venue
Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher
Frontiers Media SA
Published
2018-01-22
Volume
8
Pages
2351-2351
ISSN
1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3389/fpsyg.2017.02351
PMC
PMC5786556
OpenAlex
W2776596136
Cited by
276
References
89
Citations by year
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22.62
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Frontiers in Psychology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • PubliCatt (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Aesthetic Perception and Analysis
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Flow Experience in Various Fields
Keywords
awe, virtual reality, immersive virtual environments, presence, emotion induction, affect, virtual environment design

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