In VHIL researcher Grace Ahn’s study, participants used less paper after cutting down a virtual tree.
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3-D Avatars Could Put You in Two Places at Once, The New York Times
In a virtual conference with three-dimensional avatars participants would feel immersed in the scene as you they around at the other participants from the eyes of their avatar. The New York Times » [button text="View PDF" link="/mm/2011/nyt-3d-avatars.pdf"...
New virtual reality research – and a new lab – at Stanford, Stanford Report
Cutting down a virtual redwood with a virtual chainsaw may lead you to save trees by recycling more paper. That finding is an example of how real-world behavior can be changed by immersing people in virtual reality environments – a notion that is at the heart of work...
Meet ‘Future You.’ Like What You See?, The Wall Street Journal
To increase retirement investment by young people researchers are tapping into the Proteus effect, behavioral alterations in the real world that are triggered by changes in how our bodies appear to us in a virtual world. The Wall Street Journal » [button text="View...
Your Avatar, Your Guide, Scientific American
Seeing a digital doppelgänger can change your mind — for better or worse. VHIL is exploring how doppelgänger avatars can be effective in advertising or in therapy to clients who have phobias or social anxiety. Scientific American » [button text="View PDF"...
A Museum of Virtual Media: The brain doesn’t much care whether an experience is real, Natural History Magazine
Infinite Reality authors Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson imagine a hands-on Museum of the History of Virtual Reality Technology. Natural History Magazine [button text="View PDF" link="/mm/2011/nhm-museum-virtual.pdf" style="default" size="normal" target="_blank"...
Virtual Self, NSF Science Nation
Evidence from VHIL research on Avatars suggest that you start to become the idealized person you imagine. NSF Science Nation » ...
Separation Anxiety, Stanford Magazine
Now that there's no escaping the digital world, research is getting more serious about what happens to personalities that are incessantly on. VHIL research in the areas of politics and education show how Avatars offer the possibility of self-presenting much more...
Virtual Reality Study Encourages Subjects to Save for the Future, ABC World News
Hal Ersner-Hershfield's VHIL study, conducted with the Stanford Center of Longevity, shows subjects in an "aging mirror" allowing them to see what they'll look like when they reach retirement. ABC World News » [button text="View PDF"...
In Cybertherapy, Avatars Assist With Healing, The New York Times
VHIL studies show that people psychologically internalize their virtual experiences. The New York Times »
Morality: Do your worst, virtually, New Scientist
How immersive virtual reality can be used as a tool to study moral dilemmas, including VHIL research on moral identity. New Scientist » [button text="View PDF" link="/mm/2010/newscientist-do-your-worst.pdf" style="default" size="normal" target="_blank"...
Virtual Lookers and Losers, Stanford Report
Several VHIL studies show that people have trouble shedding appearence bias, even when interacting with avatars. Stanford Report », Stanford Report [button text="View PDF" link="/mm/2010/stanford-virtual-lookers.pdf" style="default" size="normal" target="_blank"...
Hey, is that avatar lying to me?, CNN SciTechBlog
VHIL projects demonstrate how difficult it is to tell when someone is portraying a genuine version of themselves in a virtual world. CNN SciTechBlog » [button text="View PDF" link="/mm/2010/cnnblog-avatar-lying.pdf" style="default" size="normal" target="_blank"...
Real fear in a virtual world, CNN SciTechBlog
VHIL researcher Kathryn Segovia says people have real, emotional reactions to virtual reality. Virtual environments could be used to help with a person's fear of heights, or help someone with an eating disorder. CNN SciTechBlog », [button text="View PDF"...
Can avatars change the way we think and act?, Stanford Report
VHIL researcher Jesse Fox shows how Avatars can change the way we exercise and eat, or the way we view women. Stanford Report ...