The Perception of Space in Virtual Reality, Correlation Between Affordances and Spatial Presence

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Published: Jul 30, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/enesl.20078064e.2021.23.77858

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Perla Carrillo Quiroga
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-5552
Julio César Chacón Hernández
Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1803-7998

Abstract

Purpose: To explore the correlation between two concepts in the study of embodied perception in Virtual Reality (VR): affordances and spatial presence.

Methodological design: It involved the review of literature on spatial presence and affordances in the fields of phenomenology and cognitive neuroscience, and an experiment with 30 participants using the Spatial Presence Experience Scale (SPES) proposed by Hartmann et al. (2016). Each participant tested 5 VR simulations and answered 5 questionnaires based on the SPES. This study proposes a model for the classification of types and subtypes of affordances in virtual reality.

Results: The comparison of means between scores showed a positive correlation between possibilities for action and intensity of spatial presence. Data suggests motor affordances (navigational, goal-oriented and handle grasp types) intensify spatial presence. Frequency of videogame use was found unrelated to the intensity of spatial presence, but it showed an increase in user’s dexterity and the ease of perceiving affordance in virtual environments.

Research limitations: The scope of this research is limited to describing the correlation between affordances and intensity of spatial presence in VR. 

Findings:  These confirmed the hypothesis: more possibility types of affordances in VR result in a higher intensity of spatial presence.

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Carrillo Quiroga, P., & Chacón Hernández, J. C. (2021). The Perception of Space in Virtual Reality, Correlation Between Affordances and Spatial Presence. Entreciencias: Diálogos En La Sociedad Del Conocimiento, 9(23). https://doi.org/10.22201/enesl.20078064e.2021.23.77858
Author Biographies

Perla Carrillo Quiroga, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

PhD in Cinematographic Studies at the University of Westminster in London, United Kingdom. Full-time Professor at the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences Victoria from the Universidad Autónoma of Tamaulipas. Her lines of research are: digital media and perception, embodiment, cognitive science and phenomenology. Candidate for the National System of Researchers. 

Last publications: 

  • Carrillo Quiroga, P. (2020). La percepción visual del paisaje en la pintura y la fotografía: Un enfoque interdisciplinario hacia la presencia espacial. Cartaphilus. Revista De investigación Y crítica estética, 17, 51‐71. https://doi.org/10.6018/cartaphilus.398621
  • Carrillo Quiroga, P. (2018) Los Otros Cuerpos en la pantalla. La simulación corporizada y el documental etnográfico de Robert Gardner. Archivos de la Filmoteca 74, 159-178 · ISSN 0214-6606 · ISSN electrónico 2340-2156
  • Carrillo Quiroga, P. (2017) Perceptual Realism and Embodied Experience in the Travelogue Genre. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 3(3), 229-258.

Julio César Chacón Hernández, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

PhD in Agricultural Parasitology Sciences at the Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. Full-time Professor in the Applied Ecology Institute from the Universidad Autónoma of Tamaulipas. His lines of research are: Insects’ ecology and interdisciplinary research. Member of the National System of Researchers, Level 1.

Last publications:

  • Heinz-Castro, R. T. Q., Arredondo-Valdés, R., Ordaz-Silva, S., Méndez-Cortés, H., Hernández-Juárez, A., and Chacón-Hernández, J. C. (2021). Evaluation of Ethanol Extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. as Acaricide against Oligonychus punicae Hirst (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae). Insects, 12(5), 476. MDPI AG. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12050476
  • Heinz-Castro, R., Arredondo-Valdés, R., Ordaz-Silva, S., Méndez-Cortés, H., Hernández-Juárez, A., and Chacón-Hernández, J. C. (2021). Bioacaricidal Potential of Moringa oleifera Ethanol Extract for Tetranychus merganser Boudreaux (Acari: Tetranychidae) Control. Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 10(6), 1034. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10061034
  • Arredondo-Valdés R., Chacón-Hernández J.C., Reyes-Zepeda F., Hernández-Castillo F.D., Anguiano-Cabello J.C., Heinz-Castro R.T.Q., Mora-Ravelo S.G. (2020): In vitro antibacterial activity of Magnolia tamaulipana against tomato phytopathogenic bacteria. Plant Protect. Sci., 56: 268-274.

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