Designing for Comfort in VR Public Speaking: How Avatar Realism and Natural Environments Shape User Experience and Stress Responses.

Behav Sci (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13203150 · PMID 42193679

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marginally significantp = 0.051so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The total effect of scene type on user experience was marginally significant (β = 0.184, p = 0.051), while the direct effect became non-significant after including perceived support (β = 0.071, p = 0.419).

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approached significancep = 0.082so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

However, the interaction effect approached significance, F (1, 128) = 3.07, p = 0.082, ηp 2 = 0.023, indicating a small effect size.

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