Enchanted by your surrounding? Measuring the effects of immersion and design of virtual environments on decision-making

Oberdörfer S, Heidrich D, Birnstiel S, Latoschik ME (2021)


Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Published

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2021

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Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.

Book Volume: 2

Article Number: 679277

URI: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.679277/full

DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2021.679277

Abstract

Impaired decision-making leads to the inability to distinguish between advantageous and disadvantageous choices. The impairment of a person’s decision-making is a common goal of gambling games. Given the recent trend of gambling using immersive Virtual Reality it is crucial to investigate the effects of both immersion and the virtual environment (VE) on decision-making. In a novel user study, we measured decision-making using three virtual versions of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). The versions differed with regard to the degree of immersion and design of the virtual environment. While emotions affect decision-making, we further measured the positive and negative affect of participants. A higher visual angle on a stimulus leads to an increased emotional response. Thus, we kept the visual angle on the Iowa Gambling Task the same between our conditions. Our results revealed no significant impact of immersion or the VE on the IGT. We further found no significant difference between the conditions with regard to positive and negative affect. This suggests that neither the medium used nor the design of the VE causes an impairment of decision-making. However, in combination with a recent study, we provide first evidence that a higher visual angle on the IGT leads to an effect of impairment.

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APA:

Oberdörfer, S., Heidrich, D., Birnstiel, S., & Latoschik, M.E. (2021). Enchanted by your surrounding? Measuring the effects of immersion and design of virtual environments on decision-making. Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2021.679277

MLA:

Oberdörfer, Sebastian, et al. "Enchanted by your surrounding? Measuring the effects of immersion and design of virtual environments on decision-making." Frontiers in Virtual Reality 2 (2021).

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