Immersive Cave Environments in VR: A Tool for Exploring Altered States of Consciousness and Creativity in Archaeology
Applied Sciences December 19, 2024 Nicola De Pisapia, Gabriele Penazzi, Ignacio Ibarra et al. 2 citations
This study explores the use of immersive Virtual Reality (VR) cave environments to investigate hypotheses concerning altered states of consciousness, creativity, and flexible thinking in archaeological contexts. Building on the premise that ancient humans used caves as sites for rituals involving altered consciousness, we recreated a virtual cave environment to simulate these experiences and...