Measuring presence in virtual environments: A survey

V Souza, A Maciel, L Nedel, R Kopper - ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The effectiveness of a virtual reality experience is strongly affected by the sense of presence
of the users involved. This article reviews the different definitions of presence and the main …

Changing social attitudes with virtual reality: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Nikolaou, A Schwabe… - Annals of the International …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Although it has been shown that Virtual Reality (VR) can positively impact political, civic and
environmental views, the question of whether and how VR influences social attitudes more …

Virtual reality and 360 panorama technology: a media comparison to study changes in sense of presence, anxiety, and positive emotions

E Brivio, S Serino, E Negro Cousa, A Zini, G Riva… - Virtual Reality, 2021 - Springer
Recently, 360° panorama technologies have been used to create videos and pictures of real
and virtual environments, thus opening new possibilities for psychological research. The aim …

Conditional 360-degree image synthesis for immersive indoor scene decoration

KC Shum, HW Pang, BS Hua… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - openaccess.thecvf.com
In this paper, we address the problem of conditional scene decoration for 360deg images.
Our method takes a 360deg background photograph of an indoor scene and generates …

Normative paradoxes in 360 journalism: Contested accuracy and objectivity

T Aitamurto - New media & society, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In visual journalism, the adoption of new technologies often leads to renegotiation of
normative boundaries, and the case of 360° video is no exception. Two normative …

Effects of immersive storytelling on affective, cognitive, and associative empathy: The mediating role of presence

JJ Cummings, M Tsay-Vogel, TJ Cahill… - new media & …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Popular claims of virtual reality systems serving as 'empathy machines' often fail to consider
(a) the cognitive mechanisms driving the effects of technological immersion on empathy and …

[BOOK][B] Immersive journalism as storytelling: Ethics, production, and design

T Uskali, A Gynnild, S Jones, E Sirkkunen - 2021 - library.oapen.org
This book sets out cutting-edge new research and examines future prospects on 360-degree
video, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) in journalism, analyzing and …

Show products or show people: An eye-tracking study of visual branding strategy on Instagram

L Zhou, F Xue - Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to examine the effects of visual themes and view perspectives on
users' visual attention to brand posts on Instagram. The impact of visual attention on brand …

Investigating implicit gender bias and embodiment of white males in virtual reality with full body visuomotor synchrony

S Lopez, Y Yang, K Beltran, SJ Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Previous research has shown that when White people embody a black avatar in virtual
reality (VR) with full body visuomotor synchrony, this can reduce their implicit racial bias. In …

From fomo to jomo: Examining the fear and joy of missing out and presence in a 360 video viewing experience

T Aitamurto, AS Won, S Sakshuwong, B Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Cinematic Virtual Reality (CVR), or 360° video, engages users in immersive viewing
experiences. However, as users watch one part of the 360° view, they will necessarily miss …