Focus Group on Social Virtual Reality in Social Virtual Reality: Effects on Emotion and Self-Awareness

P. Manyuru , C. Dobbins , B. Matthews , O. Baumann , A. Dey

ISMAR Adjunct

Social VR is usually examined from the outside, but this study runs a focus group about social VR inside social VR, using a space built in Mozilla Hubs. Twelve experienced VR users from around the world discussed the technology while the researchers measured their emotional state and self-awareness with PANAS and a self-assessment questionnaire. The reflexive design yields insight into how being present together in a virtual space affects users — and into using social VR itself as a research setting.

@inproceedings{manyuru2021,
  author    = {P. Manyuru and C. Dobbins and B. Matthews and O. Baumann and A. Dey},
  title     = {Focus Group on Social Virtual Reality in Social Virtual Reality: Effects on Emotion and Self-Awareness},
  booktitle = {ISMAR Adjunct},
  pages     = {437-438},
  doi       = {10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct54149.2021.00099},
  year      = {2021}
}