Technical-methodological validation of a virtual reality device for the exhibition of restorative environments

Abstract

The purpose of the study presented below was to analyze the technical and methodological feasibility of the exposure of restorative environments, mediated through a virtual reality device, considering as options the projection of 2D images and images with angles of 180 ° and 360 °, for which a longitudinal study with a cross-over design and three measurements in random orderwas carried out, with 30 healthy male adults, aged 25 to 45 years (M = 33.27; SD = 5.83). The findings showed that the 180º format obtained higher scores than the 2D and 360º formats (f = 20.29; p = .000), which can be a preliminary step for the in-depth study of the exposure of environments mediated through virtual reality in future research.