Psychophysiological Effects of Virtual Reality Forest and Urban Environments
| Autor: | Xiang-Yi Luo, 羅祥宜 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 105 The purpose of this study is to realize whether forest and urban environments can bring psychophysiological benefits to the human body via the use of virtual reality. This was achieved by comparing significant psychophysiological responses in both forest and urban environments within a virtual reality environment. AOWANDA National Forest Recreation Area in Nantou, Taiwan, was the forest environment location selected for this study. Ximending shopping circle, Taipei City, Taiwan, was the urban environment selected for this study. The different environments were recorded via 360 ゚ video, and the virtual reality device (HTC Vive) was used for viewing. In the experiment, the subjects(N = 30)were stimulated once a week for two weeks, each time with a different virtual reality environment. Physiological indicators measured were heart rate, blood pressure, heart rate variability and salivary α amylase, with profile of mood state (POMS) and recovery composition scale (RCS) used as psychological measurement tools. Overall, this study showed a significant result in heart rate, systolic blood pressure and HF in the virtual forest environment. Moreover, confusion, vigor, fatigue, tension and depression results in POMS were also significant. However, there was no significant difference found in anger and self-esteem results. In the virtual urban environment results, only heart rate was significant, with fatigue, anger and self-esteem in POMS were also significant. Compare the difference between forest and urban environment, there were no significant difference found in physical indicators. There were significant differences in the POMS results of confusion, vigor, fatigue, anger, self-esteem and tension except depression. Besides, in the RCS, subjects reported the four dimensions of RCS were all significant, such as being away, extend, fascination and compatibility. |
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