TABLE 2.
Common themes found in the analysis of the semi-structured interviews (n = 11). The colored bar plot indicates the proportion of participants who mentioned that theme in their interviews.
| Theme | # of participants |
| Positive emotions |
|
| Negative emotions |
|
| Alterations in sense of self |
|
| Feelings of joy/pleasure |
|
| Feelings of calmness/peace |
|
| Tiredness / Sleepiness |
|
| No novel insights |
|
| Thought-provoking |
|
| Changes in perspective |
|
| Loss of VR presence |
|
| Comparison to games/movies |
|
| Ambiguous tension |
|
| Somatic effects |
|
| Ineffability |
|
| Alterations in embodied sense of self |
|
| Sadness |
|
| Fear |
|
| Cybersickness / Nausea |
|
| Emotional tension |
|
| Feeling of insight |
|
| Intellectual insight / Understanding |
|
| Alterations in narrative sense of self |
|
| Technical issues |
|
| Boredom |
|
| Physical tension |
|