Kansei

Kansei is a Japanese word with several subtly different meanings. It tends to mean some variation of emotional response to sensory input, or cognitive response to sensory input that then triggers an emotional response.

Kansei is encountered in virtual and augmented environments in regards to Kansei Engineering which is basically engineering the world in order to take control of the user's emotional state whilst inside the world, deepening immersion and drawing them in to having emotional investment within the synthetic reality.

As such the definition for Kansei used in VR and AR, is specifically the one coined in 2005 by Kansei engineer Simon Schütte. This variation holds that Kansei is defined as the individual subjective impression from an object, situation or environment, using the full range of senses available to them.

See Also: Kansei Engineering, Synthetic Reality, Sensory Reference Frame, Sensory Substitution Device, Feedback Channel, Soundscape, First Person Perspective

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