Affective Interactions Using Virtual Reality: The Link between Presence and Emotions Export

@article{riva07, abstract = {Many studies showed the ability of movies and imagery techniques to elicit emotions. Nevertheless, it is less clear how to manipulate the content of interactive media to induce specific emotional responses. In particular, this is true for the emerging medium virtual reality (VR), whose main feature is the ability to induce a feeling of ” presence” in the com- puter-generated world experienced by the user. The main goal of this study was to analyze the possible use of VR as an affective medium. Within this general goal, the study also an- alyzed the relationship between presence and emotions. The results confirmed the effi- cacy of VR as affective medium: the interaction with ” anxious” and ” relaxing” virtual environments produced anxiety and relaxation. The data also showed a circular interaction between presence and emotions: on one side, the feeling of presence was greater in the ” emotional” environments; on the other side, the emotional state was influenced by the level of presence. The significance of these results for the assessment of affective interaction is discussed.}, author = {Riva, Giuseppe and Mantovani, Fabrizia and Capideville, Claret S. and Preziosa, Alessandra and Morganti, Francesca and Villani, Daniela and Gaggioli, Andrea and Botella, Cristina and Alca\~{n}iz, Mariano}, citeulike-article-id = {2120389}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2006.9993}, journal = {CyberPsychology \& Behavior 10(1)}, keywords = {affect, affectivecomputing, emotion, player, presence, pvs, virtualreality, vr}, month = {February}, pages = {45--56}, posted-at = {2009-07-01 12:30:44}, priority = {2}, title = {Affective Interactions Using Virtual Reality: The Link between Presence and Emotions}, url = {http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2006.9993}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - riva07 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2120389 N2 - Many studies showed the ability of movies and imagery techniques to elicit emotions. Nevertheless, it is less clear how to manipulate the content of interactive media to induce specific emotional responses. In particular, this is true for the emerging medium virtual reality (VR), whose main feature is the ability to induce a feeling of “presence” in the com- puter-generated world experienced by the user. The main goal of this study was to analyze the possible use of VR as an affective medium. Within this general goal, the study also an- alyzed the relationship between presence and emotions. The results confirmed the effi- cacy of VR as affective medium: the interaction with “anxious” and “relaxing” virtual environments produced anxiety and relaxation. The data also showed a circular interaction between presence and emotions: on one side, the feeling of presence was greater in the “emotional” environments; on the other side, the emotional state was influenced by the level of presence. The significance of these results for the assessment of affective interaction is discussed. JF - CyberPsychology & Behavior 10(1) EP - 56 TI - Affective Interactions Using Virtual Reality: The Link between Presence and Emotions SP - 45 KW - affect KW - affectivecomputing KW - emotion KW - player KW - presence KW - pvs KW - virtualreality KW - vr AU - Riva, Giuseppe AU - Mantovani, Fabrizia AU - Capideville, Claret AU - Preziosa, Alessandra AU - Morganti, Francesca AU - Villani, Daniela AU - Gaggioli, Andrea AU - Botella, Cristina AU - Alcañiz, Mariano PY - 2007/02// UR - http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/cpb.2006.9993 ER -