Don’t Worry be Happy - Using virtual environments to induce emotional states measured by subjective scales and heart rate parameters
Published in IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR 2021), Lisbon, Portugal, 2021
Voigt-Antons, J.-N., Spang, R., Kojić, T., Meier, L., Vergari, M. & Möller, S.
We examine whether tailored virtual environments can reliably induce distinct emotional states and how these states manifest in both subjective ratings and cardiac measures. Participants experienced calming, positive, and mildly stressful VR scenes while we recorded self-reports (valence/arousal scales) and heart-rate–derived metrics. Results show consistent shifts in affect with scene type and meaningful correlations between subjective arousal and heart-rate parameters, supporting VR as a controllable stimulus for affective research and training.
Recommended citation: Voigt-Antons, J.-N., Spang, R., Kojić, T., Meier, L., Vergari, M. & Möller, S. (2021, March). Don’t Worry be Happy - Using virtual environments to induce emotional states measured by subjective scales and heart rate parameters. Paper presented at the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR 2021), Lisbon, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR50410.2021.00094