University of Twente Student Theses
The Effects of Instruction on At-Home Use of the Virtual Reality Environment 'Walk in Nature'
Vulink, Carmen (2024) The Effects of Instruction on At-Home Use of the Virtual Reality Environment 'Walk in Nature'.
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| Abstract: | Instruction is beneficial to people who need to learn how to use Virtual Reality on their own, such as for an e-health intervention like the Walk in Nature (WiN). Therefore, the current study aims to investigate what the effect is of adding instructions to the WiN on usability, self-guided use and knowledge retention. 25 students from the University of Twente participated in the study, who were assigned to either the control group or the instruction group. The instruction group received added multi-modal instruction within and outside of the VR-environment, while the control group received only added paper-based instruction. It was found that the instruction group had significantly higher scores on the SUS and observation scheme, indicating a better usability and self-guided use for this group. Knowledge retention was high in both conditions and no significant differences were observed between the two conditions. These results may indicate a relationship between usability, self-guided use and reaction time, and may point towards a design flaw in the knowledge test. Furthermore, the findings provide insight into the benefits of adding multi-modal instruction to e-health and VR interventions and make a contribution to the currently limited body of research on instruction for VR-environments. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology BSc (56604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100434 |
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