Art and nature elicit equally intense sense of ‘the sublime’ in virtual reality

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Art and nature elicit equally intense sense of ‘the sublime’ in virtual reality

An immersive, 360° video of a painting versus a video of the actual location depicted in the painting elicit similar levels of “the sublime,” an experience closely associated with feelings of awe. Alice Chirico of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy, and colleagues present their findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on March 17, 2021.

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