Virtual reality has been applied in many ways from health and safety to soft skills training, more recently it has also been seen to have a positive impact upon individuals emotion regulation. This can can in turn allow effective management of emotions in specific situations and improve overall work output. What is Emotion Regulation and [...]
Virtual reality has been seen to lessen the debilitating symptoms associated with anxiety and anxiety related disorders, which can in turn boost workplace productivity and overall employment satisfaction. There are many clinical psychologists now exploring the use of VR technology for a range of mental health conditions including anxiety. What is Anxiety? Many people experience [...]
Part I Unsafe work behaviour; a snowball effect Human factors are involved in most health & safety (H&S) related incidences ranging from employee injuries and fatalities to property damage. Such events sometimes resulting from one single and simple action may propel a chain of high social and financial costs. Indeed, workplace injuries and fatalities persist [...]
On our travels around the world, we have tried many public virtual reality (VR) experiences and a large number of these use the team shooter format. On initial inspection this would seem a natural choice for group teamwork. Research (Ballestin et al, 2020) suggests that the mix of immersive gameplay and interesting tasks would [...]
Most people feel pain on a regular basis. We’ve all stubbed our toe or hit our head on a cupboard door. Our first instinct is to rub the area that’s in pain, this is because when we rub a painful area, the pain reduces. This is the underlying concept of gate control theory (GCT). Gate [...]
Introduction In the past ten years the popularity using of E-learning for education and training purposes has grown exponentially, and with the addition of the pandemic and lockdowns this popularity has only pushed up higher (OECD, 2020). Now, there is a new tool being utilised known as virtual reality (or VR for short) which has [...]
The Proteus effect is a phenomenon in which an individual’s behaviour changes based on their digital self-representations (Yee & Bailenson, 2007). While the Proteus effect can have an impact on players of World of Warcraft (Stavropoulos et al., 2020), a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, its effect is far greater on individuals who are more [...]
The results of a recent study carried out by psychologists at Stanford University (Miller, Herrera, Jun, Landay, & Bailenson, 2020) no doubt raised eyebrows amongst members of the Virtual Reality community. Using data collected from just five minutes of VR exposure, a machine learning algorithm was able to identify individuals from a population size of [...]
The Proteus Effect is one of the most interesting theories to come out of cyber-psychological research in recent years, with its relevance becoming more apparent as we transition into an era where virtual worlds continue to grow in importance. The theory itself derives its name from the mythical Greek God Proteus, who could adapt his [...]
Introduction With virtual reality technology becoming more accessible for people, research has started to demonstrate the impact that VR can have in the learning sector. Amongst the benefits of VR, research has suggested it can enhance learning for middle, and high schoolers, as it improves the engagement that young people have in lessons. Additionally, it [...]
