Have the Same Perspective as Someone Else, so Am I the Person?: The Effect of Perspective on Empathic Orientation in Virtual Reality

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify which player perspective (the first-person perspective vs. the third-person perspective) is effective in promoting other-oriented empathy in persuasive virtual reality (VR) games and to provide preliminary insights into the design of persuasive VR games. To verify the hypothesis, participants played a persuasive VR game from each perspective, and their empathy orientation was investigated using a questionnaire.