Major news outlets increasingly use immersive techniques in their journalistic productions. The idea is that, through the application of immersive technologies, the news consumer can engage with and be part of the story. However, we do not know, to what extent this promise is actually fulfilled in productions …

Polarizing may be a logical consequence, but it’s certainly not helpful. Of course I understand that everyone wants to regain control of the situation. However, sacrificing transmissions towers, or even human scapegoats to satisfy our need to understand, crosses every line. But it is easy to understand …

Our planet’s ecology and society are on a collision course, which manifests due to a contradiction in the assumptions of unlimited material growth fueling the linear economic paradigm. Our closed planetary ecosystem imposes confined amounts of space and a finite extent of resources upon its inhabitants. …

Dit afstudeeronderzoek is uitgevoerd in opdracht van Virtual Lab 17. Virtual Lab 17 is een jong en innovatief bedrijf, gespecialiseerd in VR en AR applicaties. Het doel van Virtual Lab 17 is om, naar aanleiding van dit onderzoek, VR-trainingen aan te kunnen bieden aan klanten. Het onderzoek heeft zich …

Socially aware persuasive games that use immersive technologies often appeal to empathy, prompting users to feel and understand the struggles of another. However, the often sought-after standing in another's shoes' experience, in which users virtually inhabit another in distress, may complicate other-oriented …

De Mutsaersstichting wil in de toekomst virtual reality (VR) als tool gaan gebruiken in behandelingen. De behandelaren hebben nu nog minimale kennis over hoe ze de VR bril in kunnen zetten. Dit onderzoek heeft een bijdrage geleverd in het verkrijgen van inzicht in wat de behandelaren nodig hebben voor …

At present, many people look the other way, stating the Corona crisis is a “wake-up call”, a disruption that paralyzes air traffic and shows us that we can still live on. Change is possible and this is very encouraging. We will overcome the coronavirus, but if the climate change and the environmental …

In het onderwijs wordt er gekeken of VR een leermiddel kan zijn om situaties te simuleren die normaal gesproken risicovol zijn. VR heeft namelijk de potentie om een levensecht lijkende, rijke leeromgeving te creëren. Door middel van VR ben je in staat om interactief veranderingen aan te brengen. Je ziet, …

In cross-cultural communication and adjunct disciplines such as cross-cultural management and international business, there is a negativity bias of seeing cultural differences as a source of potential issues. The emergence of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS) questions this problem-focused approach. …

The theme of multi-voicedness in the search on the path of life is explored. It will be argued that we, as human beings, not only live within an ambiguous world, but also have to deal with an ambiguous self. In the quest for happiness it is the challenge to acknowledge all inner positions, each with …