Adding virtual plants leads to higher cognitive performance and psychological well-being in virtual reality.

ABSTRACT: Previous research has shown the positive effects of exposure to real and virtual nature. To investigate how such benefits might generalize to ever-more-prevalent virtual workplaces, we examined the effects of the absence or presence of virtual plants in an office environment in Virtual Reality (VR) on users' cognitive performance and psychological well-being. The results of our user study with 39 participants show that in the presence of virtual plants, participants performed significantly better in both short-term memory and creativity tasks. Furthermore, they reported higher psychological well-being scores, including positive affect and attentive coping, whilst reporting lower feelings of anger and aggression after exposure to virtual plants in VR. The virtual office with plants was also

SUBMITTER: Mostajeran F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10191408 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature