| Item Type |
Conference or Workshop Item
(Paper)
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| Abstract |
Immersive interactive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) have the potential to foster well-being. While VR applications have been successfully used to evoke positive emotions through the presetting of light, colour and scenery, the experiential potential of allowing users to independently create a virtual environment (VE) has not yet been sufficiently addressed. To that end, we explore how the autonomous design of a VE can affect emotional engagement and well-being. We present Mood Worlds – a VR application allowing users to visualise their emotions by self-creating a VE. In an exploratory evaluation (N=16), we found that Mood Worlds is an effective tool supporting emotional engagement. Additionally, we found that an autonomous creation process in VR increases pos- itive emotions and well-being. Our work shows that VR can be an effective tool to visualise emotions, thereby increasing positive affect. We discuss opportunities and design requirements for VR as positive technology. |
| Authors |
Wagener, Nadine; Niess, Jasmin; Rogers, Yvonne & Schöning, Johannes |
| Language |
English |
| Keywords |
Virtual Reality, Well-being, Happiness, Emotions, Emotion Regulation, Positive Technology |
| Subjects |
computer science
health sciences |
| HSG Classification |
contribution to scientific community |
| HSG Profile Area |
None |
| Date |
2022 |
| Publisher |
ACM |
| Title of Book |
Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) |
| Event Title |
ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Contact Email Address |
Johannes.schoening@unisg.ch |
| Depositing User |
Prof. Dr. Johannes Schöning
|
| Date Deposited |
16 Feb 2022 11:07 |
| Last Modified |
20 Jul 2022 17:48 |
| URI: |
https://www.alexandria.unisg.ch/publications/265863 |
Mood Worlds: A Virtual Environment for Autonomous Emotional Expression
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