Enhancing the Chinese identity of young people in Hong Kong and Macao based on the creation of cinematic virtual reality art, taking the cinematic virtual reality work I love being me: in my place, my home as an example

Abstract

The subject of this paper is the use of cinematic virtual reality (CVR) to study the issue of Chinese identity. Guided by theories of immersion and presence, taking a cultural perspective (collective memory) on the context of the relationship between mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao, we created a CVR work titled I Love Being Me: in my Place, my Home. We used CVR as a stimulus for an experiment with the aim of proving that CVR has a significant effect on enhancing the sense of Chinese identity in young people in Hong Kong and Macao. Based on the results of the experiment, we draw the following two conclusions: (1) CVR provides participants with a greater sense of immersion and presence compared to traditional 2D films; (2) CVR should be tailored to local culture—identity, history, language and politics—to maximize participants’ sense of identity and immersion.