Memory Manipulations in Extended Reality

Elise Bonnail; Wen Jie Tseng; Mark McGill; Eric Lecolinet; Samuel Huron; Jan Gugenheimer

doi:10.1145/3544548.3580988

Memory Manipulations in Extended Reality

Elise Bonnail
, Wen Jie Tseng
, Mark McGill
, Eric Lecolinet
, Samuel Huron
, Jan Gugenheimer

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Human memory has notable limitations (e.g., forgetting) which have necessitated a variety of memory aids (e.g., calendars). As we grow closer to mass adoption of everyday Extended Reality (XR), which is frequently leveraging perceptual limitations (e.g., redirected walking), it becomes pertinent to consider how XR could leverage memory limitations (forgetting, distorting, persistence) to induce memory manipulations. As memories highly impact our self-perception, social interactions, and behaviors, there is a pressing need to understand XR Memory Manipulations (XRMMs). We ran three speculative design workshops (n=12), with XR and memory researchers creating 48 XRMM scenarios. Through thematic analysis, we define XRMMs, present a framework of their core components and reveal three classes (at encoding, pre-retrieval, at retrieval). Each class differs in terms of technology (AR, VR) and impact on memory (influencing quality of memories, inducing forgetting, distorting memories). We raise ethical concerns and discuss opportunities of perceptual and memory manipulations in XR.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580988
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2023
Event	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023

Publication series

Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Conference	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Augmented Reality
Extended Reality
Perceptual Manipulations
Speculative Design
Virtual Reality
XR Memory Manipulations

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Bonnail, E., Tseng, W. J., McGill, M., Lecolinet, E., Huron, S., & Gugenheimer, J. (2023). Memory Manipulations in Extended Reality. In CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 875 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580988

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Bonnail, E, Tseng, WJ, McGill, M, Lecolinet, E , Huron, S & Gugenheimer, J 2023, Memory Manipulations in Extended Reality. in CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 875, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580988

Memory Manipulations in Extended Reality. / Bonnail, Elise; Tseng, Wen Jie; McGill, Mark et al.
CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. 875 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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