1 Clinical and Digital Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
2 Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2019 Jan;22(1):76-81. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2017.0720. Epub 2018 Nov 13.
One of the most recent trends in technology field is the 360° technology. In order to investigate its potentiality for the evaluation of memory function, we compared participants' performance in two memory tasks between an encoding delivered through an immersive 360° environment and a non-immersive 360° one. Specifically, we investigated if the immersive 360° environment would facilitate memory encoding in comparison to the non-immersive 360° one. Forty-two participants visualized two 360° pictures of a bedroom containing specific items and items shared by the two rooms, either in the "non-immersive → immersive" order or in the "immersive → non-immersive" one. Results showed that the immersive set-up was able to strengthen the mnestic trace only when participants performed the tasks in the "non-immersive → immersive" order. A possible explanation is a potential familiarity with the technologies used to explore the 360° environments. Overall, these results only partially supported the effectiveness of immersive 360° technology in facilitating episodic memory encoding; future studies should further explore the potentiality of this innovative technology.
技术领域的最新趋势之一是 360°技术。为了研究其在评估记忆功能方面的潜力，我们比较了参与者在通过沉浸式 360°环境和非沉浸式 360°环境进行的两种记忆任务中的表现。具体来说，我们研究了沉浸式 360°环境是否会比非沉浸式 360°环境更有利于记忆编码。42 名参与者以“非沉浸式→沉浸式”或“沉浸式→非沉浸式”的顺序查看了卧室中包含特定物品和两个房间共有的物品的两个 360°图片。结果表明，只有当参与者按照“非沉浸式→沉浸式”的顺序完成任务时，沉浸式设置才能增强记忆痕迹。一种可能的解释是，参与者对探索 360°环境所使用的技术有潜在的熟悉感。总体而言，这些结果仅部分支持沉浸式 360°技术在促进情景记忆编码方面的有效性；未来的研究应进一步探索这项创新技术的潜力。
