Research VR Podcast - The Science & Design of Virtual Reality

Research VR Podcast - The Science & Design of Virtual Reality


Why Women DON'T like Social VR w/ Jessica Outlaw - 059

February 14, 2018

Behavioral Scientist Jessica Outlaw is an outspoken Social Scientist in the field of VR User Experience Design. She recently published an Inductive Qualitative study with Beth Duckles, PhD about the experiences of "Millennial, tech-savvy women" in Social VR applications (Altspace, High Fidelity, Facebook Spaces, etc).

In this episode, we talk embodied cognition, implicit biases, gender differences in social behavior and navigation in an unfamiliar environment, as well as the questions the paper raises up about inclusivity and approachability in design.