The impact of virtual reality versus 2D pornography on sexual arousal and presence

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Highlights:

• This is the first study to directly compare responses to VR vs. typical pornography.

• First person scenes were found more arousing than voyeuristic scenes, whether in VR or 2D.

• Men, but not women, found VR more arousing than 2D pornography - a gender difference, or lack of female targeted VR?

• VR elicited a greater sense of presence than 2D scenes in all conditions, and presence correlated positively with arousal.

摘要

•This is the first study to directly compare responses to VR vs. typical pornography.•First person scenes were found more arousing than voyeuristic scenes, whether in VR or 2D.•Men, but not women, found VR more arousing than 2D pornography - a gender difference, or lack of female targeted VR?•VR elicited a greater sense of presence than 2D scenes in all conditions, and presence correlated positively with arousal.

论文关键词:Virtual reality,Presence,Pornography,Sexual arousal,Sex addiction,Immersion

论文评审过程:Received 1 July 2018, Revised 19 October 2018, Accepted 28 February 2019, Available online 1 March 2019, Version of Record 6 March 2019.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.02.031