"If I were in Space": Understanding and Adapting to Social Isolation through Designing Collaborative Storytelling
Qi Gong, Ximing Shen, Ines Ziyou Yin, Yaning Li, Ray Lc · 2025
Figure 1: This figure summarizes the process of this study in probing adaptation strategies for social isolation through an immersive virtual experience.(Left) Participants described how they modified and adapted their isolation private rooms in a virtual spaceflight experience.(Center) Participants engaged in collaborative storytelling, proposing individual or cooperative adaptation methods.(Right) Seven days later, in a follow-up interview, we found that the immersive virtual experience inspired participants' self-regulation and real-world isolation adaptation.