Katharina Emmerich

schoolUniversity of Duisburg-Essenbar_chart#1709 Global Rank

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Shocking Realities: VR Horror Games as a Tool for Raising Wheelchair Accessibility Awareness

Wheelchair users face numerous challenges in their daily lives, such as narrow hallways, stairs, or misplaced elevator buttons. While accessible design is important for addressing these issues in the long term, societal understanding and sensitization remain crucial for overcoming these daily obstacles. Our research a…

CHI '243rd AuthorHonorable MentionSocial & Collaborative VR +2

Development and Validation of the Collision Anxiety Questionnaire for VR Applications

The high degree of sensory immersion is a distinctive feature of head-mounted virtual reality (VR) systems. While the visual detachment from the real world enables unique immersive experiences, users risk collisions due to their inability to perceive physical obstacles in their environment. Even the mere anticipation…

CHI '233rd AuthorSocial & Collaborative VR +1

VR Almost There: Simulating Co-located Multiplayer Experiences in Social Virtual Reality

Consumer social virtual reality (VR) applications have recently started to enable social interactions at a distance. Yet it is still relatively unknown if and to what extent such applications provide meaningful social experiences in cases where in-person leisure activities are not feasible. To explore this, we develop…

CHI '222nd AuthorMultilingual & Cross-Cultural Voice Interaction +1

Interpolating Happiness: Understanding the Intensity Gradations of Face Emojis Across Cultures

We frequently utilize face emojis to express emotions in digital communication. But how wholly and precisely do such pictographs sample the emotional spectrum, and are there gaps to be closed? Our research establishes emoji intensity scales for seven basic emotions: happiness, anger, disgust, sadness, shock, annoyance…

CHI '211st AuthorLive Streaming & Spectating Experience

Streaming VR Games to the Broad Audience: A Comparison of the First-Person and Third-Person Perspectives

The spectatorship experience for virtual reality (VR) games differs strongly from its non-VR precursor. When watching non-VR games on platforms such as Twitch, spectators just see what the player sees, as the physical interaction is mostly unimportant for the overall impression. In VR, the immersive full-body interact…

CHI '181st AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +1

Watch Me Play: Does Social Facilitation Apply to Digital Games?

The presence of observers and virtual characters can significantly shape our gaming experience. Researchers suppose that most of the basic socio-psychological phenomena are also applicable for digital games. However, the social processes in gaming setups can differ from our experience in other social situations. Our w…

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