Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety Disorder

Mediated communication has become essential as the current development of technology advances. Virtual reality as an audiovisual technology with the ability to simulate a virtual environment similar to the environment in the real world plays a vital role in mediating communication. On the other hand...

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Main Author: Erni Nurmalasari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asosiasi Pendidikan Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi (ASPIKOM) 2020-07-01
Series:Jurnal Aspikom
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Online Access:http://jurnalaspikom.org/index.php/aspikom/article/view/709
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description Mediated communication has become essential as the current development of technology advances. Virtual reality as an audiovisual technology with the ability to simulate a virtual environment similar to the environment in the real world plays a vital role in mediating communication. On the other hand, nowadays, issues about mental health, especially anxiety disorder, spread vastly and become a public concern. This paper aims to see how virtual reality as a medium of communication can reduce anxiety disorders by creating ambient co-presence. The method used was meta-synthesis with a meta-aggregation approach to get comprehensive results. The research found that two main factors exist in virtual reality, namely immersion and presence, which are important factors in mediated communication. These two factors can create ambient co-presence, so they can be applied to reduce mental illness, namely anxiety disorder.
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spelling doaj.art-362d4dafd3994168a264d5e17cbd91132022-12-22T00:58:58ZengAsosiasi Pendidikan Tinggi Ilmu Komunikasi (ASPIKOM)Jurnal Aspikom2087-04422548-83092020-07-015223224410.24329/aspikom.v5i2.709197Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety DisorderErni Nurmalasari0Universitas IndonesiaMediated communication has become essential as the current development of technology advances. Virtual reality as an audiovisual technology with the ability to simulate a virtual environment similar to the environment in the real world plays a vital role in mediating communication. On the other hand, nowadays, issues about mental health, especially anxiety disorder, spread vastly and become a public concern. This paper aims to see how virtual reality as a medium of communication can reduce anxiety disorders by creating ambient co-presence. The method used was meta-synthesis with a meta-aggregation approach to get comprehensive results. The research found that two main factors exist in virtual reality, namely immersion and presence, which are important factors in mediated communication. These two factors can create ambient co-presence, so they can be applied to reduce mental illness, namely anxiety disorder.http://jurnalaspikom.org/index.php/aspikom/article/view/709anxiety disorderimmersionmediated communicationpresencevirtual reality
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Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety Disorder
Jurnal Aspikom
anxiety disorder
immersion
mediated communication
presence
virtual reality
title Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety Disorder
title_full Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety Disorder
title_fullStr Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety Disorder
title_short Immersion and Presence in Virtual Reality to Alleviate Anxiety Disorder
title_sort immersion and presence in virtual reality to alleviate anxiety disorder
topic anxiety disorder
immersion
mediated communication
presence
virtual reality
url http://jurnalaspikom.org/index.php/aspikom/article/view/709
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