Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication?
In the metaverse, users will actively engage with 3D content using extended reality (XR). Such XR platforms can stimulate a revolution in health communication, moving from information-based to experience-based content. We outline three major application domains and describe how the XR affordances (p...
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| author | Adéla Plechatá Guido Makransky Robert Böhm |
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| description | In the metaverse, users will actively engage with 3D content using extended reality (XR). Such XR platforms can stimulate a revolution in health communication, moving from information-based to experience-based content. We outline three major application domains and describe how the XR affordances (presence, agency and embodiment) can improve healthy behaviour by targeting the users’ threat and coping appraisal. We discuss how health communication via XR can help to address long-standing health challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7207391d23e45bca1a18bd787db5c062023-11-02T05:33:25ZengNature Portfolionpj Digital Medicine2398-63522022-09-01511410.1038/s41746-022-00682-xCan extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication?Adéla Plechatá0Guido Makransky1Robert Böhm2Department of Psychology, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Psychology, University of CopenhagenDepartment of Psychology, University of CopenhagenIn the metaverse, users will actively engage with 3D content using extended reality (XR). Such XR platforms can stimulate a revolution in health communication, moving from information-based to experience-based content. We outline three major application domains and describe how the XR affordances (presence, agency and embodiment) can improve healthy behaviour by targeting the users’ threat and coping appraisal. We discuss how health communication via XR can help to address long-standing health challenges.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00682-x |
| spellingShingle | Adéla Plechatá Guido Makransky Robert Böhm Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? npj Digital Medicine |
| title | Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? |
| title_full | Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? |
| title_fullStr | Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? |
| title_short | Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication? |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00682-x |
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