Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing
Videoconferencing has become one of the most used communication tools for people in work and learning. Over time, the limitations of videoconferencing have gradually come to light. Consequently, people have endeavored to leverage new technology, specifically Extended Reality (XR), to mitigate these...
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| author | Zhang, Heng Li, Benjamin Gong, Gu |
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| description | Videoconferencing has become one of the most used communication tools for people in work and learning. Over time, the limitations of videoconferencing have gradually come to light. Consequently, people have endeavored to leverage new technology, specifically Extended Reality (XR), to mitigate these shortcomings. In this research, we delve into the relationship between the substitution of virtual environments using XR technology and the phenomenon of videoconference fatigue. To investigate this, we recruited 130 university students and divided them into two groups for experimental purposes: one group employing consistent virtual backgrounds and another group using varying virtual backgrounds. The outcomes of a serial mediation analysis conducted utilizing the PROCESS macro not only support all hypotheses but also the serial mediation model tested. Our findings underscore the increasing significance of exploring the ramifications of XR technology on everyday communication practices as XR technology continues to evolve. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1745632024-06-02T15:37:18Z Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing Zhang, Heng Li, Benjamin Gong, Gu Interdisciplinary Graduate School (IGS) Meaningful XR 2024 (MXR24) Social Sciences XR Attentional fatigue Videoconferencing Attentional control Virtual environment Videoconferencing has become one of the most used communication tools for people in work and learning. Over time, the limitations of videoconferencing have gradually come to light. Consequently, people have endeavored to leverage new technology, specifically Extended Reality (XR), to mitigate these shortcomings. In this research, we delve into the relationship between the substitution of virtual environments using XR technology and the phenomenon of videoconference fatigue. To investigate this, we recruited 130 university students and divided them into two groups for experimental purposes: one group employing consistent virtual backgrounds and another group using varying virtual backgrounds. The outcomes of a serial mediation analysis conducted utilizing the PROCESS macro not only support all hypotheses but also the serial mediation model tested. Our findings underscore the increasing significance of exploring the ramifications of XR technology on everyday communication practices as XR technology continues to evolve. Submitted/Accepted version 2024-05-28T05:23:44Z 2024-05-28T05:23:44Z 2024 Conference Paper Zhang, H., Li, B. & Gong, G. (2024). Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing. Meaningful XR 2024 (MXR24). https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174563 https://www.meaningfulxr.org/home en © 2024 The Author(s). All rights reserved. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the copyright holder. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social Sciences XR Attentional fatigue Videoconferencing Attentional control Virtual environment Zhang, Heng Li, Benjamin Gong, Gu Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing |
| title | Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing |
| title_full | Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing |
| title_fullStr | Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing |
| title_short | Zooming in to the future: leveraging XR technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing |
| title_sort | zooming in to the future leveraging xr technology to combat attentional fatigue in videoconferencing |
| topic | Social Sciences XR Attentional fatigue Videoconferencing Attentional control Virtual environment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174563 https://www.meaningfulxr.org/home |
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