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Proficiency in Virtual Reality (VR) may be used as a metric in personnel assessment and selection. Virtual reality gamers who finish games faster than their fellow gamers also have higher levels of general intelligence and processing capacity. This was the result of a study conducted by the University of Cologne, in collaboration with the University of Liechtenstein and Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences. The results also indicate that virtual reality games can be useful supplementary human resource management tools in companies for predicting the job performance of an applicant. The study was announced in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A video game that entails moving around can significantly curb dementia<\/div>
There are millions of people in the world who suffer from dementia. Around 180,000 of them are in the Netherlands alone. And that number is growing, given that it is mainly the elderly who are affected. There is no real effective medication yet.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Videogame ability correlates to cognitive traits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Several studies have already shown that video games may indicate or even help to develop intellectual and cognitive abilities. As intelligence is one of the most commonly used predictors for job performance, video games could be interesting for the human resource management. Although many companies are increasingly using VR technology to recruit candidates, only few studies have specifically investigated whether and how VR games can be used to draw conclusions about intelligence in this area. The study by Markus Weinmann and his colleagues contributes to bridging the gap between research and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weinmann and his fellow scientists invited 103 participants to their lab. Under controlled laboratory conditions, they played the commercial VR game \u201cJob Simulator\u201d and completed the short version of the intelligence test BIS-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers’ analyses show that participants who finished the game faster than others also had higher levels of general intelligence and processing capacity. An increase of 17 percent in processing capacity correlated with less time spent playing the game (by an average of 3.7 minutes). The results suggest that VR games can be useful supplementary tools in companies for predicting the job performance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Finding out if you have a depression by playing a video game<\/div>
If you have diabetes, blood test shows it. If you have some kind of mental disorder, there is no objective way to show it. <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

Interesting findings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The results are a scientific novelty, as it has hardly been possible to conduct VR studies with state-of-the-art VR hardware. There are thus few studies that have investigated the correlation between behaviour in VR and intelligence. \u201cThere are already some companies that use games, so-called \u2018serious games\u2019, for recruiting. The new results are in line with this specific application of VR games and show that they can be used for recruiting,\u201d said Weinmann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scientists intend to continue their research on the potential of video games for practical applications. Among other things, they are investigating how people behave towards virtual avatars in the metaverse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2583,"featured_media":523828,"template":"views\/single-selected.blade.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[8553],"tags":[129852,129854,129856,129859,44359,8340],"location":[24456],"internal_archives":[],"class_list":["post-439650","selected","type-selected","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","tag-hiring","tag-new-tool","tag-personnel-assessment","tag-university-of-cologne","tag-videogames","tag-vr-en","location-germany"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/80a316d2-d444-4888-9418-fc85bbb1a5df.png","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/francesco-morelli\/","display_name":"Francesco Morelli"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 11, 2023","modified":"Updated on March 11, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 11, 2023 9:00 am","modified":"Updated on March 11, 2023 9:00 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"category":{"linked":["Digital<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Digital<\/span>"],"slug":"category","name":"Categories"},"post_tag":{"linked":["hiring<\/a>","new tool<\/a>","personnel assessment<\/a>","University of Cologne<\/a>","videogames<\/a>","VR<\/a>"],"unlinked":["hiring<\/span>","new tool<\/span>","personnel assessment<\/span>","University of Cologne<\/span>","videogames<\/span>","VR<\/span>"],"slug":"post_tag","name":"Tags"},"language":{"linked":["EN<\/a>"],"unlinked":["EN<\/span>"],"slug":"language","name":"Tags"},"post_translations":{"linked":["pll_640b23042f396<\/a>"],"unlinked":["pll_640b23042f396<\/span>"],"slug":"post_translations","name":""},"location":{"linked":["Germany<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Germany<\/span>"],"slug":"location","name":"Locations"},"internal_archives":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"internal_archives","name":"Internal Archives"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected\/439650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/selected"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/selected"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439650"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=439650"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=439650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}