A Pedagogical Virtual Reality Serious Game Tool for the Development of Emotional Competencies to Nursing Students

Oliveira, Inés; Soares, Filomena; Carvalho, Vı́tor; Macedo, Ana Paula; Pereira, Rui Pedro Gomes; Cainé, João; Martins, Silvana; Gomes, Lisa; Oliveira, Eva

doi:10.1109/segah52098.2021.9551855

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“…Based on the research gathered in the state-of-the-art, we can verify that it is not possible to guarantee that a player will feel exactly the emotion we have in mind. However, using Norman's generic list of positive and negative emotions, we can predict whether a certain element will evoke a positive or negative emotion [1,2,23,24]. Therefore, since the game aims at Eliciting Emotions, we created, in collaboration with our partners, a list of elements that we wanted to serve as triggers for positive and negative emotions.…”

Section: Emotions Addressedmentioning

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Development of a Virtual Reality Escape Room Game for Emotion Elicitation

Oliveira,

Carvalho,

Soares

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In recent years, the role of emotions in digital games has gained prominence. Studies confirm emotions’ substantial impact on gaming, influencing interactions, effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. Combining gaming dynamics, Virtual Reality (VR) and the immersive Escape Room genre offers a potent avenue through which to evoke emotions and create a captivating player experience. The primary objective of this study is to explore VR game design specifically for the elicitation of emotions, in combination with the Escape Room genre. We also seek to understand how players perceive and respond to emotional stimuli within the game. Our study involved two distinct groups of participants: Nursing and Games. We employed a questionnaire to collect data on emotions experienced by participants, the game elements triggering these emotions, and their overall user experience. This study demonstrates the potential of VR technology and the Escape Room genre as a powerful means of eliciting emotions in players. “Escape VR: The Guilt” serves as a successful example of how immersive VR gaming can evoke emotions and captivate players.

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Section: Emotions Addressedmentioning

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Development of a Virtual Reality Escape Room Game for Emotion Elicitation

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Soares

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“…The use of XR technologies as a tool to teach procedural, emergency, soft, and psychomotor skills in nursing subjects is not novel (Plotzky et al, 2021). For instance, Oliveira et. al.…”

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Nursing XR – a VR application to teach decision making to student nurses

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Honnan

Sheerman

et al. 2022

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This paper validates an approach to the design and development of VR applications that are integrated into the curricula and address fundamental student needs. To accomplish this, a case study describing the process undertaken to create Nursing XR, a wound dressing scenario where the patient is discharged home and requires follow up care and treatment by a nurse. The aim of the VR application is to support nursing students in developing their communication, risk assessment, holistic assessment, and person-centred clinical decision-making skills. To design Nursing XR, needs and initial requirements were collected via a workshop with student nurses. The workshop, which involved 10 student nurses and two lecturers in nursing from two Universities (Co-Is) and was led by the PI, supported by the learning technologist and the head developer of the company used for development of the software. Results from the workshop identified two major needs for the students: the need to undertake practical applications of the procedures learned in the lectures and the need to build confidence in the skills required of a nursing student. These needs were the foundations for the design process, which followed an artefact-based approach. The artefacts generated during the design were also used to elicit additional interaction and software requirements from the nursing lecturers. An iterative lean development process was followed by the company for the software implementation. Throughout the development, students and lecturers were involved as user testes ensuring that the user experience of the application was satisfactory, and the application fit for purpose.In this paper, we describe the high-level design and development process followed by the multidisciplinary team to develop Nursing XR and report initial qualitative findings from the workshop focus group.

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