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In the last couple of years, I and my team have been intensively working on a new research program in  Positive Technology : Transformative Experience Design. In short, the goal of this project is to  understand how virtual reality, brain-based technologies and the language of arts can support transformative experiences , that is, emotional experiences that promote deep personal change. About Transformative Experience Design As noted by  Miller and C’de Baca , there are experiences in life that are able to generate profound and long-lasting shifts in core beliefs and...

If 2016 has been a golden year for virtual reality, there is reason to believe that the coming year may be even better. According to a recent market forecast by International Data Corporation (IDC) , worldwide revenues for the augmented reality and virtual reality market are projected to grow from $5.2 billion in 2016 to more than $162 billion in 2020. With virtual reality becoming a...

Alice Chirico, David B. Yaden, Giuseppe Riva and Andrea Gaggioli Front. Psychol. , 09 November 2016 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01766 Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università...

Via RoadToVr A recent study by Facebook IQ, in which people completed one-on-one conversations in VR, concluded that most people respond positively, and introverts in particular feel more...

The Potential of Virtual Reality for the Investigation of Awe Alice Chirico, David B. Yaden, Giuseppe Riva and Andrea Gaggioli Front. Psychol., 09 November 2016 |...