What We Don’t Know. The Effect of Realism in Virtual Reality on Experience and Behaviour

Marnix Gisbergen (), Michelle Kovacs, Fabio Campos (), Malou Heeft and Valerie Vugts
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Marnix Gisbergen: Academy for Digital Entertainment, Breda University of Applied Sciences
Michelle Kovacs: Academy for Digital Entertainment, Breda University of Applied Sciences
Fabio Campos: Universidade Fedral de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Malou Heeft: Academy for Digital Entertainment, Breda University of Applied Sciences
Valerie Vugts: Academy for Digital Entertainment, Breda University of Applied Sciences

A chapter in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, 2019, pp 45-57 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study addresses the question how realistic Virtual Worlds should be designed in order to create engaging experiences and stimulate ‘natural’ behaviour. Creating high realistic worlds is time consuming and expensive and it is unclear whether it is always needed. With the aim of gaining insights about questions related to presence and realism, an experiment involving 72 participants was set up upon a Virtual Reality cycling apparatus in which different levels of realism were created. Users were observed and evaluated regarding their experience (engagement, presence, naturalness and negative effects), awareness of realism and behaviour. The results indicate that, despite that differences in realism were observed, differences in realism do not have an effect on experience and behaviour. There seem other variables involved that can affect the whole experience in an enough intensity to obliterate the effects of a better sense of presence and realism. In addition, an increase in a perceived higher level of realism seems to be depended on a congruent increase of different elements within the virtual world. Merely increasing the level of realism of one element does not alter levels of perceived realism of users.

Keywords: Virtual reality; Realism; Experience; Presence; Behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-06246-0_4

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