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Manipulating Reality?: Designing and Deploying Virtual Reality in Sensitive Settings

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Jenny Waycott,

Greg Wadley,

Steven Baker,

Hasan Shahid Ferdous,

Thuong Hoang,

Kathrin Gerling,

Christopher James Headleand,

Adalberto L. SimeoneAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '18 Companion: Proceedings of the 2018 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems

Pages 411 - 414

https://doi.org/10.1145/3197391.3197401

Published: 30 May 2018 Publication History

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Virtual reality (VR) is now being designed and deployed in diverse sensitive settings, especially for therapeutic purposes. For example, VR experiences are used for diversional therapy in aged care and as therapy for people living with conditions such as phobias and post-traumatic stress. While these uses of VR offer great promise, they also present significant challenges. Given the novelty of VR, its immersive nature, and its impact on the user's sense of reality, it can be particularly challenging to engage participants in co-design and predict what might go wrong when implementing these technologies in sensitive settings. This workshop provides a forum for researchers working in this emerging space to share stories about their experiences of designing and evaluating VR applications in settings such as aged care or mental health therapy. The workshop will develop a manifesto for good practice, outlining co-design strategies and ethical issues to consider when designing and deploying VR in sensitive settings.

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May 2018

436 pages

ISBN:9781450356312

DOI:10.1145/3197391

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University of Twente
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