Enchanted by Your Surrounding? Measuring the Effects of Immersion and Design of Virtual Environments on Decision-Making

Impaired decision-making leads to the inability distinguish between advantageous and disadvantageous choices. The impairment of a person’s is common goal gambling games. Given recent trend using immersive Virtual Reality it crucial investigate effects both immersion virtual environment (VE) on decision-making. In novel user study, we measured three versions Iowa Gambling Task (IGT). differed with regard degree design environment. While emotions affect decision-making, further positive negative participants. A higher visual angle stimulus an increased emotional response. Thus, kept same our conditions. Our results revealed no significant impact or VE IGT. We found difference conditions affect. This suggests that neither medium used nor causes However, in combination provide first evidence IGT effect impairment.