The effect of immersion on sense of presence and affect when experiencing an educational scenario in virtual reality: A randomized controlled study.
Affect
Immersion
Learning
Sense of presence
Soft skills
Virtual reality
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN: 2405-8440
Titre abrégé: Heliyon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101672560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
received:
25
11
2022
revised:
19
04
2023
accepted:
09
06
2023
medline:
26
6
2023
pubmed:
26
6
2023
entrez:
26
6
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Virtual reality (VR) technology has been used to learn skills for decades. While no standardized measure exists for learning outcomes in VR training, commonly explored outcomes are immersion, sense of presence and emotions. In this paper, the objective was to investigate these outcomes in two VR conditions, immersive and desktop in a randomized controlled trial with a parallel design. The sample consisted of 134 university students (70 women, mean age 23 years There was a significant within subject effect for positive affect and a significant between-group effect for the immersive compared to desktop VR groups. Positive affect was reduced after interacting with the VR scenario in both the immersive and desktop versions, however, positive affect was overall higher in the immersive, compared to the desktop version. The results show higher scores for sense of presence ( Immersive VR may be beneficial in higher education as it promotes high levels of sense of presence as well as positive emotions. When it comes to changing the immediate emotions of the students, type of VR does not seem to matter. The project was funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37360072
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17196
pii: S2405-8440(23)04404-3
pmc: PMC10285157
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e17196Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper
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