Positive Aspects of XR

to have fun, relax or adventure

to help, heal or escape

to train, learn or assist

to work more efficiently

to work more effectively

to gain insight into human cognition

games

entertainment

virtual travel

meditation / exercise

direct benefits of immersion

• head and fullbody movement

• spatial orientation

• true first person perspective

embodied interactions

higher presence and stronger emotional responses

possibility to exercise (beatsaber)

watching 360 degree videos

immersion and 1stperson provides sense of scale

social remote watch parties of events and movies

experience of historic events

virtual tours of natural wonders, cities and countries

experiencing the world despite being handicapped

• access to remote places

planning and anticipation of upcoming trips

• exploring hotels

• preview of places

alternative when travel is not possible

Meditation

• (guided) meditations at natural or harmonic locations

• immersion blocks out external disruptors

• audiovisual retreat from the real world

Sport

• motivating and inspiring VE

• escape from traditional training environments

exposure therapy and rehabilitation

escape pain and uncomfortable situations

prepare for upcoming medical examinations

exposure therapy

• controlled exposure to stimuli

• experience of situations and states in the therapist’s office

• increase of stimuli in alignment with therapy progress

rehabilitation

• motivating environment to repeat exercises

• distraction from real world gym environment

immersion blocks out real world

distraction from medical treatments

• alignment of procedure with virtual simulation

escape from hospital environments

• distraction from monotony of long-term stays

simulation of realistic situations

learners must apply their knowledge in situation

learners practice the sequence of routines

allows for direct transfer of training gain

audiovisual presentation of underlying principles in an explicit way

requirement to apply encoded knowledge

making invisible things visible

riskfree learning

higher enjoyment and motivation during learning process

virtual simulations allow for visualization of theoretical knowledge

higher user experience in the case of vivid and direct knowledge presentation

situated learning

simulation and visualization of complex processes

• virtual construction, planning and design

• testing of new designs in realistic simulations

virtual encounters, meetings and presentations

tele-operation of robots

simulating specific situations and controlling for one variable

ideal testbed to create comparable experiments

ideal to investigate social behavior

enhancing traditional psychological experiments

plausibility

• if sensory information are congruent to our sensation, perception and cognition

• the experience yields a high plausibility ultimately evoking qualia like presence

realism

• XR experiences are real experiences and emotions

• ideal system to simulate real situations

• ideal system to replicate and extend the world

egocentric

• 1st Person

• virtual experiences are OUR experiences

• XR can block out external stimuli

  • allows for escape

  • replacement of real world factors