Experimental evaluation of the impact of virtual reality on the sentiment of fear
George Lambrakopoulos, Nikolaos Begetis, Akrivi Katifori, Manos Karvounis, Yannis Ioannidis · 2017
This study explores the effect of virtual reality on the sense of fear and presence in an immersive VR environment in comparison with a desktop screen. At the same time it attempts to answer whether users with specific psychological profiles measured with the Big 5 personality test are more susceptible to emotions of fear in digital environments than others. Although the analysis of the results did not produce statistically significant and conclusive findings, there is a strong indication towards increased presence and the sentiment of fear in a VR environment, as well as towards a relation of the Big 5 Openness to experience aspect with the fear levels of the participant.