Virtual Reality and Perception Psychology

Closed Human-Computer Interaction Computer Science Bachelor Master Project Thesis No Affiliation

Background

The perception of the world and the evaluation of perceived sensory inputs is a wide research area full of challenges. With virtual reality systems, this research area has access to instruments that allow us to moderate the perceptual phenomena to an extent that was hardly possible in the past. In this project, we want to explore possibilities of using virtual reality instruments to think about research questions in perception psychology.

Tasks

The goal of this project is to set up and realise an empirical experiment about how we perceive and evaluate objects in virtual reality. So the project consists of three parts:

1. Formulating hypothesis and conceptualisation of an experiment to test them
2. Setting up the experiment using the Unreal Engine and the HTC VIVE
3. Conducting the experiment and evaluating the results

One alternative option for this project is replicate and existing study about the emotional impact of field of view using a head-mounted display.

Prerequisites

• Interest in learning how to setup and VR experiment with the Unreal Engine
• Interest in learning about abstract psychological constructs

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