Control of User`s Time Perception in Virtual Space by External and Internal Influence Factors

Abstract

In different environments, people's time perception varies based on various factors (people’s personal experience, degree of mental concentration, people’s age, etc.). The main factors can be divided into two parts which are external factors and internal factors. Though it is difficult to create a variety of environments and change factors in real world, VR technology can easily simulate various environments and control factors that can influence people’s time perception. In this research, we built a VR environment and change conditions in external and internal factors to study how it could affect user's time perception when they performed a simple work or exercised on sports bicycle. Through the experimental results, we found that controlling conditions in external and internal influence factors can create affective or functional value for the users wearing HMD by changing the users’ time perception.