{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4396833202","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642821","title":"Cohabitant: The Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Application for Interfaith Learning and Empathy Building","display_name":"Cohabitant: The Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Application for Interfaith Learning and Empathy Building","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-05-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4396833202","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642821"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3613904.3642821","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642821","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3613904.3642821","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3613904.3642821","any_repository_has_fulltext":null},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014055423","display_name":"Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-8864"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185261750","display_name":"University of Toronto","ror":"https://ror.org/03dbr7087","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mohammad Rashidujjaman Rifat","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1348-8864","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072643540","display_name":"Reem Ayad","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-2871"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185261750","display_name":"University of Toronto","ror":"https://ror.org/03dbr7087","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Reem Ayad","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Toronto, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-2871","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Toronto, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009425324","display_name":"Ashratuz Zavin Asha","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1799-0667"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I168635309","display_name":"University of Calgary","ror":"https://ror.org/03yjb2x39","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I168635309"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ashratuz Zavin Asha","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1799-0667","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science, University of Calgary, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I168635309"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5033629550","display_name":"Bingjian Huang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-674X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185261750","display_name":"University of Toronto","ror":"https://ror.org/03dbr7087","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bingjian Huang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-674X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5097633192","display_name":"Selin Okman","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2799-1277"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185261750","display_name":"University of Toronto","ror":"https://ror.org/03dbr7087","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Selin Okman","raw_affiliation_strings":["Third Space, University of Toronto, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2799-1277","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Third Space, University of Toronto, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023726537","display_name":"Dina Sabie","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1717-4456"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185261750","display_name":"University of Toronto","ror":"https://ror.org/03dbr7087","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dina Sabie","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1717-4456","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073175426","display_name":"Hasan Shahid Ferdous","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2439-2462"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165779595","display_name":"The University of Melbourne","ror":"https://ror.org/01ej9dk98","country_code":"AU","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165779595"]}],"countries":["AU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hasan Shahid Ferdous","raw_affiliation_strings":["The University of Melbourne, The Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, Australia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2439-2462","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"The University of Melbourne, The Centre for Digital Transformation of Health, Australia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165779595"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004949089","display_name":"Robert Soden","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-0485"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185261750","display_name":"University of Toronto","ror":"https://ror.org/03dbr7087","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Robert Soden","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science & School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-0485","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science & School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089574660","display_name":"Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-0687"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I185261750","display_name":"University of Toronto","ror":"https://ror.org/03dbr7087","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Syed Ishtiaque Ahmed","raw_affiliation_strings":["Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2452-0687","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":9,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5014055423"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I185261750"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":40.3044,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":10,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99653431,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"19"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13277","display_name":"Media, Religion, Digital Communication","score":0.996999979019165,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13277","display_name":"Media, Religion, Digital Communication","score":0.996999979019165,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11214","display_name":"Human-Animal Interaction Studies","score":0.9714999794960022,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1311","display_name":"Genetics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10509","display_name":"Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology","score":0.9614999890327454,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3306","display_name":"Health"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empathy","display_name":"Empathy","score":0.9234888553619385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability","display_name":"Usability","score":0.4461633563041687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/prejudice","display_name":"Prejudice (legal term)","score":0.43853089213371277},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interpersonal-communication","display_name":"Interpersonal communication","score":0.4309629201889038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.4128447473049164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/social-psychology","display_name":"Social psychology","score":0.38233399391174316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.37237679958343506},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.2041483223438263}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779885105","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182263","display_name":"Empathy","level":2,"score":0.9234888553619385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170130773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216378","display_name":"Usability","level":2,"score":0.4461633563041687},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107062074","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109701697","display_name":"Prejudice (legal term)","level":2,"score":0.43853089213371277},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164850336","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3685487","display_name":"Interpersonal communication","level":2,"score":0.4309629201889038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4128447473049164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.38233399391174316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.37237679958343506},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.2041483223438263}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3613904.3642821","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642821","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3613904.3642821","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3613904.3642821","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3642821","pdf_url":"https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3613904.3642821","source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4396833202.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":148,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W85091029","https://openalex.org/W177163592","https://openalex.org/W877029128","https://openalex.org/W1571213566","https://openalex.org/W1769149759","https://openalex.org/W1812836384","https://openalex.org/W1906761640","https://openalex.org/W1932890834","https://openalex.org/W1965931250","https://openalex.org/W1977215847","https://openalex.org/W1980083892","https://openalex.org/W1982375961","https://openalex.org/W1986119901","https://openalex.org/W1986906047","https://openalex.org/W1991446912","https://openalex.org/W1999508274","https://openalex.org/W2000665931","https://openalex.org/W2002604619","https://openalex.org/W2003756146","https://openalex.org/W2009448591","https://openalex.org/W2014833927","https://openalex.org/W2022921381","https://openalex.org/W2029977913","https://openalex.org/W2031224514","https://openalex.org/W2035792475","https://openalex.org/W2039236542","https://openalex.org/W2048059997","https://openalex.org/W2060927613","https://openalex.org/W2062034427","https://openalex.org/W2067276515","https://openalex.org/W2071500890","https://openalex.org/W2073372464","https://openalex.org/W2076646346","https://openalex.org/W2086545074","https://openalex.org/W2087077757","https://openalex.org/W2088104089","https://openalex.org/W2088388101","https://openalex.org/W2092319515","https://openalex.org/W2103573597","https://openalex.org/W2104020361","https://openalex.org/W2107026277","https://openalex.org/W2109682840","https://openalex.org/W2109822642","https://openalex.org/W2116310671","https://openalex.org/W2127181765","https://openalex.org/W2141093480","https://openalex.org/W2143135888","https://openalex.org/W2146237990","https://openalex.org/W2146830619","https://openalex.org/W2161757819","https://openalex.org/W2163138441","https://openalex.org/W2167096161","https://openalex.org/W2167393292","https://openalex.org/W2170194672","https://openalex.org/W2298618355","https://openalex.org/W2328114183","https://openalex.org/W2328333263","https://openalex.org/W2333508197","https://openalex.org/W2469761390","https://openalex.org/W2484329387","https://openalex.org/W2505321358","https://openalex.org/W2516868484","https://openalex.org/W2518283751","https://openalex.org/W2519733609","https://openalex.org/W2529885055","https://openalex.org/W2561513989","https://openalex.org/W2603082580","https://openalex.org/W2610199015","https://openalex.org/W2617829458","https://openalex.org/W2752095913","https://openalex.org/W2761356432","https://openalex.org/W2761409433","https://openalex.org/W2764129297","https://openalex.org/W2778753612","https://openalex.org/W2792347933","https://openalex.org/W2792370662","https://openalex.org/W2793943771","https://openalex.org/W2800459997","https://openalex.org/W2884119247","https://openalex.org/W2884493329","https://openalex.org/W2888849277","https://openalex.org/W2890602929","https://openalex.org/W2895844696","https://openalex.org/W2898748264","https://openalex.org/W2918770585","https://openalex.org/W2937326640","https://openalex.org/W2942169651","https://openalex.org/W2963427815","https://openalex.org/W2967100794","https://openalex.org/W2986381826","https://openalex.org/W2988818308","https://openalex.org/W2994999940","https://openalex.org/W2996617870","https://openalex.org/W3003571971","https://openalex.org/W3007428145","https://openalex.org/W3013277871","https://openalex.org/W3016402533","https://openalex.org/W3023150723","https://openalex.org/W3031831683","https://openalex.org/W3038098299","https://openalex.org/W3040088910","https://openalex.org/W3107108302","https://openalex.org/W3108537566","https://openalex.org/W3126576795","https://openalex.org/W3129920763","https://openalex.org/W3130784907","https://openalex.org/W3130864783","https://openalex.org/W3132493332","https://openalex.org/W3150301229","https://openalex.org/W3155986255","https://openalex.org/W3156611024","https://openalex.org/W3161110600","https://openalex.org/W3165848642","https://openalex.org/W3212505776","https://openalex.org/W4200498275","https://openalex.org/W4210458093","https://openalex.org/W4224307623","https://openalex.org/W4224903597","https://openalex.org/W4224986287","https://openalex.org/W4225012848","https://openalex.org/W4225139450","https://openalex.org/W4225154064","https://openalex.org/W4225765465","https://openalex.org/W4239448659","https://openalex.org/W4240698954","https://openalex.org/W4250723919","https://openalex.org/W4280577217","https://openalex.org/W4281716585","https://openalex.org/W4283275728","https://openalex.org/W4283313385","https://openalex.org/W4286212760","https://openalex.org/W4297237762","https://openalex.org/W4306871377","https://openalex.org/W4312138781","https://openalex.org/W4312795816","https://openalex.org/W4313576931","https://openalex.org/W4322761335","https://openalex.org/W4327701990","https://openalex.org/W4366351957","https://openalex.org/W4366548107","https://openalex.org/W4366548881","https://openalex.org/W4366548927","https://openalex.org/W4366549008","https://openalex.org/W4383066930","https://openalex.org/W4383678355","https://openalex.org/W4384163258","https://openalex.org/W4385984879","https://openalex.org/W4387606040"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2033114042","https://openalex.org/W1994054962","https://openalex.org/W2397195963","https://openalex.org/W3120174094","https://openalex.org/W1805507692","https://openalex.org/W4255073062","https://openalex.org/W1974526435","https://openalex.org/W4296479407","https://openalex.org/W2990715671","https://openalex.org/W2135542542"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Lack":[0],"of":[1,33,52,87,128,132],"interfaith":[2,19,27,36,61,136],"communication":[3,17],"often":[4],"gives":[5],"rise":[6],"to":[7],"prejudice":[8],"and":[9,38,50,63,75,93,100,125,138],"group-based":[10],"conflict":[11,24],"in":[12],"multi-faith":[13],"societies.":[14],"Nurturing":[15],"this":[16,23,43,130],"via":[18],"learning":[20,62,137],"may":[21,109],"reduce":[22],"by":[25,70,77],"fostering":[26],"empathy.":[28,64,119],"HCI":[29],"has":[30],"a":[31,54,80],"dearth":[32],"knowledge":[34],"on":[35],"coexistence":[37],"empathy":[39,139],"building.":[40,140],"To":[41],"address":[42],"gap,":[44],"we":[45,83],"present":[46],"the":[47,122],"design,":[48],"implementation,":[49],"usability":[51],"Cohabitant:":[53],"virtual":[55],"reality":[56],"(VR)":[57],"application":[58],"that":[59,107],"promotes":[60],"Cohabitant\u2019s":[65],"design":[66,124],"is":[67],"theoretically":[68],"underpinned":[69],"Allport\u2019s":[71],"intergroup":[72],"contact":[73],"theory":[74],"informed":[76],"insights":[78],"from":[79,103],"participatory":[81],"workshop":[82],"ran":[84],"with":[85],"members":[86],"three":[88],"religious":[89],"groups:":[90],"Christians,":[91],"Hindus,":[92],"Muslims.":[94],"Our":[95],"evaluation":[96],"study,":[97],"combining":[98],"quantitative":[99],"qualitative":[101],"data":[102],"30":[104],"participants,":[105],"suggests":[106],"Cohabitant":[108],"enhance":[110],"general":[111],"interpersonal":[112],"empathy,":[113],"but":[114],"falls":[115],"short":[116],"for":[117,135],"ethnocultural":[118],"We":[120],"discuss":[121],"possible":[123],"policy":[126],"implications":[127],"using":[129],"kind":[131],"VR":[133],"technology":[134]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}