Raw data VR Acceptance

These files contain the raw data of a study on the attitudes of older adults towards head-mounted immersive virtual reality. Sixty participants completed a scale measuring attitudes (Att) towards head-mounted virtual reality, computer proficiency (CP) and computer self-efficacy (CSE) in a first test session. In addition, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the praxis subscale of the Birmingham Cognitive Screen (BCoSPraxis) were administered to participants to measure cognitive status and praxis. Using these data we tested whether initial attitudes depend on age, years of formal education and computer proficiency. In addition, 37 participants were exposed to a first HMD-VR user experience and 22 control participants were exposed to content-matched time-lapse videos. We evaluated whether attitudes towards HMD-VR changed more strongly in the HMD-VR versus the control group. In addition, we also measured the experience of the HMD-VR exposure or time-lapse videos, symptoms of cybersickness (SSQ) after each experience and the tendency to answer in a socially desirable fashion (SDS). Moreover, we also measured the openness personality trait using a short form of the Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Inventory (NEO). The data were collected in 3 test phases: phase 3, 4, 5 represent the participants of the HMD-VR group, while test phase 7 represents the control group. The demographic data (Dem) in the shared dataset were adjusted by removing variables that are unnecessary to replicate our results and that may identify individuals.