Buddy Biking::a user study on social collaboration in a virtual reality exergame for rehabilitation
| Autor: | Emil Rosenlund Høeg, Belinda Lange, Jon Ram Bruun-Pedersen, Stefania Serafin, Lars Koreska Andersen, Razvan Paisa, Shannon Cheary |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Applied psychology Virtual Reality Social Interaction Loneliness Virtual reality Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Social relation Older Adults Human-Computer Interaction Feeling medicine Social collaboration Valence (psychology) medicine.symptom Physical therapy Exergaming User-Centered Design Software User-centered design Avatar media_common |
| Zdroj: | Høeg, E R, Bruun-Pedersen, J R, Cheary, S, Andersen, L K, Paisa, R, Serafin, S & Lange, B 2021, ' Buddy Biking: a user study on social collaboration in a virtual reality exergame for rehabilitation ', Virtual Reality, vol. S.I. : Virtual Reality for Therapy, Psychological Interventions, and Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-021-00544-z Høeg, E R, Bruun-Pedersen, J R, Cheary, S, Andersen, L K, Paisa, R, Serafin, S & Lange, B 2023, ' Buddy biking : a user study on social collaboration in a virtual reality exergame for rehabilitation ', Virtual Reality, vol. 27, pp. 245-262 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-021-00544-z |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10055-021-00544-z |
| Popis: | Virtual reality (VR)-based rehabilitation is a growing technological field, which gradually becomes integrated into existing programs. However, technology has to support human behavior and -needs, including social relatedness, to achieve health-related outcomes. Elderly people have high risk of loneliness, and VR has technological affinity for natural social interaction. Previous studies have relied on competitiveness rather than collaborative elements, but research shows that competitiveness can lead to (feelings of) stress and aggressive behavior in some individuals. This article presents a mixed methods study to gather end-user feedback on a social VR scenario that encourages inter-player collaboration on a virtual tandem bike. Outpatients ($$n=11$$ n = 11 , 64% males, $$60\pm 11$$ 60 ± 11 years) were invited to participate with a co-player (friend or family). Participants biked on average 10.7 (± 3) minutes with a mean speed of 14.8 kmph (± 5.8). The results indicate potential and feasibility for the collaborative social biking application. Participants reported excellent usability-scores (85 ± 5), high intrinsic motivation in all categories: enjoyment (6.5 ± 0.5), effort/importance (6.4 ± 0.3), relatedness (6.3 ± 0.7) and minimal increase in symptoms of nausea, oculomotor and disorientation. Furthermore, participants found the social aspect enjoyable, agreed that collaboration eased tasks and that they lost track of exercise duration. Interpersonal interaction between participants varied, but was mostly positively rated valence, even if the sense of copresence was limited by physical constraints and avatar representation. Most participants expressed that they would use the program again, but future studies should explore how to improve location and appearance of the virtual coactor, as well as implement additional tasks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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