Impact of different display devices and types of virtual environments on emotions and feeling of presence

Virtual Reality offers the possibility of creating the most diverse types of videogames, being possible to have different types of videogames such as calm, eventful or even terrifying. The present study aimed to verify whether different types of videogames have impact on player's emotional responses as weçç as on the self-reported sense of presence. In addition, two distinct display interfaces were considered: conventional computer display and head-mounted display. To carry out this study, an experimental study was designed based on three videogames with distinct natures (exploration, puzzle and horror), where the participants had to fulfill certain tasks within a predetermined period. The data analysis revealed that there no significant emotional changes between the different videogames used. The results also revealed that the use of head-mounted displays increases the sense of presence in scenarios where the field of view is wide.