Cayley MacArthur

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VR for Design: Exploring Long-Term Experiences and Workflows of 3D Designing in Virtual Reality

Virtual reality (VR) head-mounted displays allow designers to work in embodied ways within virtual environments. Yet despite growing industry interest, little is known about how VR supports or constrains 3D design workflows, leaving questions about its practical value. We explored the experiences and workflows of usin…

CHI '252nd AuthorSocial & Collaborative VR +1

Integrating Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Displays into Higher Education Classrooms on a Large Scale

Virtual reality head-mounted displays (HMDs) offer unique and immersive opportunities for higher education. However, current research focuses on small-scale and infrequent use cases, raising questions about large-scale HMD integration into classrooms. We explored logistical and pedagogical challenges and opportunities…

DIS '241st AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +1

Not All Those Who (Mind-)Wander Are Lost: Exploring Game-Unrelated Thoughts

Task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs), colloquially referred to as mind-wandering or daydreaming, are phenomena that can interfere with attention and focus, but are also associated with mental health, creativity, and learning. In digital games, it is unclear how players experience game-unrelated thoughts (GUTs), whether GUTs…

DIS '245th+ AuthorSocial & Collaborative VR +1

Disembodied, Asocial, and Unreal: How Users (Re)Interpret Designed Affordances of Social VR

Although Social Virtual Reality (SVR) affordances are designed to enable embodied social activities and interactions within virtual environments, the ways that users perceive and interpret these affordances can shape how SVR platforms are used and experienced. In this study, we examined the design and use of SVR affor…

DIS '23CorrespondingSocial & Collaborative VR +1

Sharing Play Spaces: Design Lessons from Reddit Posts Showing Virtual Reality in the Home

With the increasing availability of consumer virtual reality (VR) devices for personal and recreational use, the domestic contexts of VR design are increasingly important. Given that much of the current interaction design research for VR is conducted in lab-based settings, there is a need for design considerations tha…

CHI '223rd AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +2

"I Don't Want To Shoot The Android': Players Translate Real-Life Moral Intuitions to In-Game Decisions in Detroit: Become Human

In interactive story games, players make decisions that advance and modify the unfolding story. In many cases, these decisions have a moral component. Examining decision-making in these games illuminates whether players mobilize their real-life morality to make in-game decisions and what impact this has in both the ga…

CHI '211st AuthorMotion Sickness & Passenger Experience +2

You're Making Me Sick: A Systematic Review of How Virtual Reality Research Considers Gender & Cybersickness

While multiple studies suggest that female-identified participants are more likely to experience cybersickness in virtual reality (VR), our systematic review of 71 eligible VR publications (59 studies and 12 surveys) pertaining to gender and cybersickness reveals a number of confounding factors in study design (e.g.,…

CSCW '191st AuthorMaking and Collaborative Design

Makers and Quilters: Investigating Opportunities for Improving Gender-Imbalanced Maker Groups

Recent efforts to diversify participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) activities through informal learning environments, such as hackathons and makerspaces, confirm a real desire for inclusion among potential female participants. However, understanding factors that may contribute to longer-term,…

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