“Empathy machine”: how virtual reality affects human rights attitudes

M Bujić, M Salminen, J Macey, J Hamari - Internet Research, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate how media content consumed through immersive
technology may evoke changes in human rights attitudes. It has been proposed that our …

Eliciting empathetic drives to prosocial behavior during stressful events

N Grignoli, C Filipponi, S Petrocchi - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the current pandemic situation, psychological science is increasingly considered by public
health policy. Empathy is mainly recognized as a crucial drive for prosocial behavior …

A case review for the design of VR-based training for enhancing empathy and cultural competency of public librarians

J Lee, JM Hollister, T Lim, K Kim, J Ryu - International Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sfu.ca
The importance of cultural diversity and competency in library services has been gradually
increasing along with rapid growth of international residents (3.3% of total population) in …

Virtual Character Design and its potential to foster Empathy, Immersion, and 21st Century Learning Skills in Video Games and Virtual Reality Simulations

AS Rativa - 2022 - research.tilburguniversity.edu
In this dissertation, we primarily researched whether virtual animals' visual appearances can
affect users' perceptions and foster 21st Century Learning Skills (ie, creativity …

Rethinking Immersive Virtual Reality and Empathy

KJ Lee, E Law - arXiv preprint arXiv:2109.04023, 2021 - arxiv.org
In this position paper, we aim to spark more discussions surrounding the use of empathy as
the intended outcome of many studies on immersive virtual reality experiences. As a …

Virtual Reality consistency with Common Concerns of Humanity: an overview

M Khlif - 2020 Seventh International Conference on Information …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an overview of the consistency of Virtual Reality (VR) with the Common
Concerns of Humanity (CCH). Since VR has become widely available and applicable on …

Virtual reality and charity

V Bohm, D Dadon, O Shalabbi… - Available at SSRN …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract The emergence of Virtual Reality (VR) is an opportunity for charities to reach a
broad swath of donors. Professional philanthropic donors have the means to identify …

When Creativity Goes Rogue: Study of Virtual Reality's Effects on Malevolent Creativity on an Individual and Team Level from First Year Engineering Students

M Cai - 2024 - etda.libraries.psu.edu
This thesis examines malevolent creativity in both individual and team settings. This is done
by conducting an experiment using immersive virtual reality (VR) environments and different …

The PARIS model: Creating a sustainable and participatory civic media with and for the community through immersive experiences

Y Friesem - Augmented and Mixed Reality for Communities, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter offers a civic media framework to work collaboratively on social issues within a
community and its members. Unlike the exploitative way that professional VR creators use …

FUBAR: A Narrative Analysis of War Remains

CR Williams - 2022 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
The virtual reality (VR) experience War Remains created by Dan Carlin claims that it is an
immersive memory in attempt to give its audience the “tiniest taste of” what-it-was-like to …