VIRTUAL REALITY AS A TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA

VIRTUAL REALITY AS A TOOL FOR THE STUDY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA

Virtual reality is a technology that drastically alters the environment and self-representation through the creation of virtual worlds and avatars. These transformations facilitate the analysis of social and psychological phenomena hardly observable in a real environment. The paper presents the virt...

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Main Author: Laura Aymerich-Franch
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Fundación Unamuno 2013-04-01
Series:Revista Orbis
Subjects:
realidad virtual
herramienta de investigación
metodología
comunicación
psicología social
Online Access:http://ojs.revistaorbis.org.ve/index.php/orbis/article/view/41
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Summary:Virtual reality is a technology that drastically alters the environment and self-representation through the creation of virtual worlds and avatars. These transformations facilitate the analysis of social and psychological phenomena hardly observable in a real environment. The paper presents the virtual reality as a methodological tool and describes the possibilities this technology offers to researchers in the field of Social Sciences presenting the results of the most relevant studies that have used this tool following the paradigm of Transformed Social Interaction and presents a case study.
ISSN:1856-1594

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