Abstract
Several areas of application for virtual reality technologies have seen significant growth recently, including mindfulness practice. This paper investigates the relationship between the mindfulness-related construct of decentering, i.e., detaching oneself from automatic thinking and observing one's thoughts and emotions, and body representation within virtual reality. Using a within-subjects approach, we investigated whether a third-person perspective, both in terms of visual and aural representation, affects decentering in virtual reality. This was done using a virtual reality application that presented a guided body-scan meditation in virtual reality and utilised these different forms of perspective. Our results do not show a significant effect of either form of perspective on decentering in virtual reality.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference |
Publisher | ACM |
Pages | 15-18 |
Number of pages | 4 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 979-8-4007-0887-9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 27 Nov 2023 |
Publication type | A4 Article in conference proceedings |
Event | African Human Computer Interaction Conference - East London , South Africa Duration: 27 Nov 2023 → 1 Dec 2023 |
Conference
Conference | African Human Computer Interaction Conference |
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Country/Territory | South Africa |
City | East London |
Period | 27/11/23 → 1/12/23 |
Publication forum classification
- Publication forum level 1