@inproceedings{10.1145/3491102.3501861,
Author = {Wagener, Nadine and Niess, Jasmin and Rogers, Yvonne and Schöning, Johannes},
Title = {Mood Worlds: A Virtual Environment for Autonomous Emotional Expression},

Year = {2022},
Month = {},
Publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
Series = {CHI '22},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
Doi = {10.1145/3491102.3501861},
type = {inproceedings},
Abstract = {Immersive interactive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) have the potential to foster well-being. While VR applications have been successfully used to evoke positive emotions through the presetting of light, colour and scenery, the experiential potential of allowing users to independently create a virtual environment (VE) has not yet been sufficiently addressed. To that end, we explore how the autonomous design of a VE can affect emotional engagement and well-being. We present Mood Worlds – a VR application allowing users to visualise their emotions by self-creating a VE. In an exploratory evaluation (N=16), we found that Mood Worlds is an effective tool supporting emotional engagement. Additionally, we found that an autonomous creation process in VR increases positive emotions and well-being. Our work shows that VR can be an effective tool to visualise emotions, thereby increasing positive affect. We discuss opportunities and design requirements for VR as positive technology.}
}
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