The relationship of visual and aural perspective with decentering in virtual reality

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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 languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference
PublisherACM
Pages15-18
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)979-8-4007-0887-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Nov 2023
Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
EventAfrican Human Computer Interaction Conference - East London , South Africa
Duration: 27 Nov 20231 Dec 2023

Conference

ConferenceAfrican Human Computer Interaction Conference
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityEast London
Period27/11/231/12/23

Publication forum classification

  • Publication forum level 1

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