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Study on Factors Influencing Users' Immersive Information Retrieval Performance in Virtual Reality Contexts

  • Su Wencheng ,
  • Wu Junru ,
  • Yu Yingying ,
  • Lu Zhangping ,
  • Liu Guifeng
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  • 1 Institute of Science and Technology Information, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013;
    2 Library of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013

Received date: 2023-08-02

  Revised date: 2023-11-22

  Online published: 2024-04-24

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This work is supported by Youth Program of the National Social Science Fund of China titled "Reshaping Mechanisms and Pathways of Library Spaces from the Perspective of Embodied Cognition" (Grant No. 22CTQ015).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] This paper designs and conducts experiments to explore the influence mechanism of user immersive information retrieval performance in virtual reality contexts and to provide suggestions for the construction of virtual reality information retrieval systems.[Method/Process] The study adopted the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality device to record the performance data such as retrieval duration, recall rate, skin conductance response, etc. of 32 participants completing tasks in different virtual reality context themes. Data on subjective variables such as subjects' immersion and retrieval experience were obtained through the post-test questionnaire to explore the relationship between virtual reality scene themes and users' subjective retrieval experience on their retrieval performance through regression analysis.[Result/Conclusion] Virtual reality contexts result in higher immersion for participants in non-preferred contexts than in preferred contexts. The themes of virtual context has no effect on user retrieval performance. Users' retrieval immersion, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and satisfaction all significantly and positively affect their performance in completing exploratory retrieval tasks, with satisfaction as the full mediating variable. This study gives some implications for the improvement of users' information retrieval performance in virtual reality contexts.

Cite this article

Su Wencheng , Wu Junru , Yu Yingying , Lu Zhangping , Liu Guifeng . Study on Factors Influencing Users' Immersive Information Retrieval Performance in Virtual Reality Contexts[J]. Library and Information Service, 2024 , 68(7) : 22 -35 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2024.07.003

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