Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment

Crescent Jicol; Julia Feltham; Jinha  Yoon; Michael Proulx; Eamonn O'Neill; Christof Lutteroth

doi:10.1145/3491102.3502129

Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment

Crescent Jicol, Julia Feltham, Jinha Yoon, Michael Proulx, Eamonn O'Neill, Christof Lutteroth

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Abstract

Street harassment is a widespread problem that can constrain people’s freedom to enjoy public spaces safely, along with many other
negative psychological impacts. However, very little research has
looked at how immersive technology can help in addressing it.
We conducted three studies to investigate the design decisions,
ethical issues and efficacy of an immersive simulation of street
harassment: an online design study (n=20), an interview study with
experts working in the area (n=9), and a comparative lab study
investigating design, ethics and efficacy (n=44). Our results deepen
understanding of the design decisions that contribute to a realistic
psychological experience, such as the effects of screen-based video
vs passive VR vs interactive VR. They also highlight important
ethical issues such as traumatisation and potential for victim blaming, and how they can be approached in an ethical manner. Finally,
they provide insights into efficacy in terms of perceived usefulness,
competence and empathy

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450391573
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3502129
Publication status	Published - 29 Apr 2022

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported and partly funded by the Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA 2.0; EP/T022523/1) at the University of Bath.

Keywords

design
ethics
street harassment
virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

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Jicol, C., Feltham, J., Yoon, J., Proulx, M., O'Neill, E., & Lutteroth, C. (2022). Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment. In CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 117 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3502129

Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment. / Jicol, Crescent; Feltham, Julia; Yoon, Jinha et al.
CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2022. 117 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Jicol, C, Feltham, J, Yoon, J, Proulx, M , O'Neill, E & Lutteroth, C 2022, Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment. in CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 117, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3502129

Jicol C, Feltham J, Yoon J, Proulx M , O'Neill E , Lutteroth C. Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment. In CHI 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 2022. 117. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3491102.3502129

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Designing and Assessing a Virtual Reality Simulation to Build Resilience to Street Harassment

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