Thecla Schiphorst

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Virtual Transcendent Dream: Empowering People through Embodied Flying in VR

Flying dreams have the potential to evoke a feeling of empowerment (or self-efficacy, confidence in our ability to succeed) and self-transcendent experience (STE), which have been shown to contribute to an individual’s overall well-being. However, these exceptional dreaming experiences remain difficult to induce at wi…

CHI '203rd AuthorBest PaperMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +1

Articulating Experience: Reflections from Experts Applying Micro-Phenomenology to Design Research in HCI

Third wave HCI initiated a slow transformation in the methods of UX research: from widely used quantitative approaches to more recently employed qualitative techniques. Articulating the nuances, complexity, and diversity of a user's experience beyond surface descriptions remains a challenge within design. One qualitat…

CHI '203rd AuthorMental Health Apps & Online Support Communities +2

Inhaling and Exhaling: How Technologies Can Perceptually Extend our Breath Awareness

Attending to breath is a self-awareness practice that exists within many contemplative and reflective traditions and is recognized for its benefits to well-being. Our current technological landscape embraces a large body of systems that utilize breath data in order to foster self-awareness. This paper seeks to deepen…

CHI '205th+ AuthorBrain-Computer Interface (BCI) & Neurofeedback +2

Next Steps for Human-Computer Integration

Human-Computer Integration (HInt) is an emerging paradigm in which computational and human systems are closely interwoven. Integrating computers with the human body is not new. however, we believe that with rapid technological advancements, increasing real-world deployments, and growing ethical and societal implicatio…

CHI '182nd AuthorImmersion & Presence Research +1

Are You Dreaming? A Phenomenological Study on Understanding Lucid Dreams as a Tool for Introspection in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) is resurging in popularity with the advancement of low-cost hardware and more realistic graphics. How might this technology help others? That is, to increase mental well-being? The ultimate VR might look like lucid dreaming, the phenomenon of knowing one is dreaming while in the dream. Lucid dream…

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