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This paper investigates whether the Method of Loci is also effective for Web search in a VR environment. The Method of Loci (often called Mind Palace) is one of the most famous Mnemonic; when memorizing things, placing them in a building reproduced in the brain makes them easier to recall. We implemented a browser that is movable within the VR space, and VR rooms to verify whether such a Mnemonic could be used for Web searches in VR. The subject experiment compared four types of rooms: a Sequential-alignment room, a White room, a 4-colored wall room, and a Realistic room with furniture. In each VR room, users can freely create Web browser windows, and they can place, scale, tilt, and manage the windows anywhere in the room. Six participants searched for many things, compared them, and decided on their opinions in the VR room. The result shows that participants who searched in realistic rooms remembered more details of their searches a week later.
Yumiho Takeuchi researched at Aoyama Gakuin University until 2021 but now works at a company.
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This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grants Number 21H03775, 21H03774, and 22H03905. The research was also supported by ROIS NII Open Collaborative Research 2023 (Grant Number 22S1001).
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Takeuchi, Y., Shoji, Y., Dürst, M.J. (2023). Method of Loci in VR Web Search: Memory Retention Support by Organizing Search Results in a VR Room. In: Schmorrow, D.D., Fidopiastis, C.M. (eds) Augmented Cognition. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 14019. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35017-7_24
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