Understanding AWE: Can a Virtual Journey, Inspired by the Overview Effect, Lead to an Increased Sense of Interconnectedness?
Understanding AWE: Can a Virtual Journey, Inspired by the Overview Effect, Lead to an Increased Sense of Interconnectedness?
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了解 AWE：受概览效应启发的虚拟旅程能否增强互联感？
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2019
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B. Riecke
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Ekaterina R. Stepanova;Denise T. Quesnel;B. Riecke
沉浸式技术，如虚拟现实，为我们提供了新的机会，通过AWE创造和探索具有变革潜力的情感体验。在目睹浩瀚的过程中所体验到的敬畏的深刻情感，产生了通融的需要，这可能导致一个人世界观的重组，并增加一种联系的感觉。在宇航员身上观察到了敬畏力量的一个标志性例子，他们培养了即时的社会意识和强烈的环保价值观，以应对从太空观察到的地球的压倒性美丽。在地球上，也可以通过观察巨大的自然现象，甚至有时是对某些形式的艺术的反应来体验敬畏，向观众呈现巨大的美。虚拟现实能提供一种新的强有力的工具来可靠地引发这种体验吗？这种新兴媒体有哪些独特的潜力？本文描述了一种沉浸式装置“AWE”--令人敬畏的健康环境的评估。研究结果表明，处于敬畏状态的体验可以引发敬畏情绪的某些成分，并导致参与者世界观中类似于总览效应的微小认知变化，而这种体验也有自己的属性，可能是这种特定媒介所独有的。将这项研究的结果与其他旨在获得概述效果的虚拟环境进行比较，可以深入了解设计特征与参与者体验之间的关系。定性的结果突出了感知的安全性、个人背景和对环境的熟悉程度的重要性，以及作为虚拟旅程情感弧线的一部分的微小本能恐惧反应的诱导-作为沉浸式装置的情感体验的一些关键因素。尽管观察到的AWE的组成部分和一些认知转变的迹象支持虚拟现实作为一种变革媒介的潜力，但在我们能够实现和充分探索通过沉浸式技术实现和充分探索的深刻的令人敬畏的变革体验之前，设计和研究工具还需要更多的迭代。
Immersive technology, such as virtual reality, provides us with novel opportunities to create and explore affective experiences with a transformative potential mediated through awe. The profound emotion of awe, that is experienced in response to witnessing vastness and creates the need for accommodation that can lead to restructuring of one's worldview and an increased feeling of connectedness. An iconic example of the powers of awe is observed in astronauts who develop instant social consciousness and strong pro-environmental values in response to the overwhelming beauty of Earth observed from space. Here on Earth, awe can also be experienced in response to observing vast natural phenomenon or even sometimes in response to some forms of art, presenting vast beauty to its audience. Can virtual reality provide a new powerful tool for reliably inducing such experiences? What are some unique potentials of this emerging medium? This paper describes the evaluation of an immersive installation "AWE" – Awe-inspiring Wellness Environment. The results indicate that the experience of being in "AWE" can elicit some components of awe emotion and induce minor cognitive shifts in participant's worldview similar to the Overview Effect, while this experience also has its own attributes that might be unique to this specific medium. Comparing the results of this study to other virtual environments designed to elicit Overview Effect provides insights on the relationship between design features and participant's experience. The qualitative results highlight the importance of perceived safety, personal background and familiarity with the environment, and the induction of a small visceral fear reaction as a part of the emotional arc of the virtual journey – as some of the key contributers to the affective experience of the immersive installation. Even though the observed components of awe and a few indications of cognitive shift support the potential of Virtual Reality as a transformative medium, many more iterations of the design and research tools are required before we can achieve and fully explore a profound awe-inspiring transformative experience mediated through immersive technologies.