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Article Dans Une Revue Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Année : 2024

Effect of material properties on emotion: a virtual reality study

Eliott Zimmermann
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Johanna Delanoy
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Pierre Raimbaud
Guillaume Lavoué

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Introduction Designers know that part of the appreciation of a product comes from the properties of its materials. These materials define the object’s appearance and produce emotional reactions that can influence the act of purchase. Although known and observed as important, the affective level of a material remains difficult to assess. While many studies have been conducted regarding material colors, here we focus on two material properties that drive how light is reflected by the object: its metalness and smoothness . In this context, this work aims to study the influence of these properties on the induced emotional response. Method We conducted a perceptual user study in virtual reality, allowing participants to visualize and manipulate a neutral object – a mug. We generated 16 material effects by varying it metalness and smoothness characteristics. The emotional reactions produced by the 16 mugs were evaluated on a panel of 29 people using James Russel’s circumplex model, for an emotional measurement through two dimensions: arousal (from low to high) and valence (from negative to positive). This scale, used here through VR users’ declarative statements allowed us to order their emotional preferences between all the virtual mugs. Result Statistical results show significant positive effects of both metalness and smoothness on arousal and valence. Using image processing features, we show that this positive effect is linked to the increasing strength (i.e., sharpness and contrast) of the specular reflections induced by these material properties. Discussion The present work is the first to establish this strong relationship between specular reflections induced by material properties and aroused emotions.
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hal-04420015 , version 1 (26-01-2024)

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Cyril Bertheaux, Eliott Zimmermann, Mathis Gazel, Johanna Delanoy, Pierre Raimbaud, et al.. Effect of material properties on emotion: a virtual reality study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2024, 17, ⟨10.3389/fnhum.2023.1301891⟩. ⟨hal-04420015⟩
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