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Intensifying Stress Perception Using Visual Effects in VR Games

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Sebastian Misztal,

Guillermo Carbonell,

Jonas SchildAuthors Info & Claims

FDG '20: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

Article No.: 58, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3402942.3409781

Published: 17 September 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Visual effects are used in commercial video games to enhance the players’ perception without being investigated in terms of their actual impact on the players. In our work, we implemented five visual effects, namely vignetting, image noise, chromatic aberration, color grading, and blur and investigated their impact on the players’ perceived stress, presence, and simulator sickness. A user study (N = 6), conducted with a virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD), shows that these visual effects can intensify the players’ stress perception without negatively effecting perceived presence and without increasing simulator sickness.

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  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
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FDG '20: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games

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DOI:10.1145/3402942

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Bhatia APohl HHirzle TSeifi HHornbæk K(2024)Using the Visual Language of Comics to Alter Sensations in Augmented RealityProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642351(1-17)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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Misztal SSchild J(2022)Visual Delegate Generalization Frame – Evaluating Impact of Visual Effects and Elements on Player and User Experiences in Video Games and Interactive Virtual EnvironmentsProceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3491102.3501885(1-20)Online publication date: 29-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491102.3501885

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