Perception of Time in Virtual Reality with Different Sensory Stimulation

This paper investigates the phenomenon of perceptual distortion of time caused by the stimulation of the senses in a virtual environment. We examine how time perception changes with sensory stimuli at varying intervals, focusing on visual, auditory, tactile, and visual-auditory stimuli, as well as the impact of complex visual event frequencies. Participants' time perception before and during the experiment was compared. The analysis showed that visual stimuli induced time compression, and auditory stimuli induced time dilation. Time dilation was more effectively induced than time compression. Based on these results, personalizing the time interval of sensory stimuli may maximize the time distortion effect.