A predictive model for understanding the role of emotion for the formation of presence in virtual reality.

ABSTRACT: Users' emotions may influence the formation of presence in virtual reality (VR). Users' expectations, state of arousal and personality may also moderate the relationship between emotions and presence. An interoceptive predictive coding model of conscious presence (IPCM) considers presence as a product of the match between predictions of interoceptive emotional states and the actual states evoked by an experience (Seth et al. 2012). The present paper aims to test this model's applicability to VR for both high-arousal and low-arousal emotions. The moderating effect of personality traits on the creation of presence is also investigated. Results show that user expectations about emotional states in VR have an impact on presence, however, expression of this relationship is moderated by the inte

SUBMITTER: Jicol C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019638 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature