Discussing the Risks of Adaptive Virtual Environments for User Autonomy
Abstract
Adaptive virtual environments are an opportunity to support users and increase their flow, presence, immersion, and overall experience. Possible fields of application are adaptive individual education, gameplay adjustment, professional work, and personalized content. But who benefits more from this adaptivity, the users who can enjoy a greater user experience or the companies or governments who are completely in control of the provided content. While the user autonomy decreases for individuals, the power of institutions raises, and the risk exists that personal opinions are precisely controlled. In this position paper, we will argue that researchers should not only propose the benefits of their work but also critically discuss what are possible abusive use cases. Therefore, we will examine two use cases in the fields of professional work and personalized content and show possible abusive use.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2101.02576,
title = {Discussing the Risks of Adaptive Virtual Environments for User Autonomy},
author = {Tobias Drey and Enrico Rukzio},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.02576},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Presented at the workshop "Exploring Potentially Abusive Ethical, Social and Political Implications of Mixed Reality Research in HCI", CHI '20, April 25-30, Honolulu, HI, USA