MODELS OF THE SPEAKER'S TEMPORAL ORIENTATION IN VIRTUAL REALITY AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE SYSTEMS
MODELS OF THE SPEAKER'S TEMPORAL ORIENTATION IN VIRTUAL REALITY AND THEIR IMPACT ON HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE SYSTEMS

Summary/Abstract: The manuscript addresses models concerning the speaker's temporal orientation during communication within virtual reality (VR). VR denotes an environment constructed through computer technologies and technical apparatus. Presently, VR is regarded as an experimental domain or research methodology. The research was procured via experiment and analyzed 725 reactions from 24 participants, identifying temporal deictics that indicate temporal proximity or distance, which helped delineate temporal orientation modalities within VR. This research seeks to delve into the complexities of temporal orientation models within VR environments, concentrating on their role in shaping communication and optimizing human-machine interaction (HMI). Through a detailed VR-based experimental framework, the study investigates cognitive and communicative processes, uncovering distinctive temporal orientation models and their variations, which are influenced by extralinguistic factors. The analysis further highlights the speaker's temporal orientation in VR, referred to as virtual-temporal deixis, which forms aunique communicative-indicative coordinate system. The results underscore VR’s utility as a powerful tool for exploring cognitive and communicative dynamics, alongside mechanisms of language transformation. Moreover, the findings offer a theoretical basis for developing HMI systems that more closely align with human temporal perception, fostering more intuitive and natural user interactions.

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