Experiencing Waiting Time in Virtual Reality
PubDate: November 2019
Teams: HCI Group,University of Wurzburg,Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health
Writers: Jean-Luc Lugrin;Fabian Unruh;Maximilian Landeck;Yoan Lamour;Marc Erich Latoschik;Kai Vogeley;Marc Wittmann
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Abstract
This article investigates the impact of waiting in Virtual Reality (VR) on the perception of time. We manipulated the visual quality of a virtual room replicating a real one (360-picture vs. 3D-model) with and without avatar embodiment (no-avatar vs. avatar). We only observed a significant difference in the estimated time duration between the real and the virtual worlds when using no avatar within a 3D model of the room. Our early results suggest that a VR environment with an avatar and a simple 3D model or 360 picture room is not significantly perturbing time perception and thus could be used for diagnosis and therapy of psychiatric conditions related to altered time perception.