A Conceptual Model of the Sense of Presence in Virtual Environments

Bystrom, Karl-Erik; Barfield, Woodrow; Hendrix, Claudia M.

doi:10.1162/105474699566107

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“…It is the perception of being in a particular space or place. Presence has been studied from different perspectives 5,27,42 , but most of the approaches are related to the sensorial experience of users in general-purpose virtual environments. Specific research on presence in games, however, is scarce 36 .…”

Section: Game Hcimentioning

confidence: 99%

Turn off the graphics: designing non-visual interfaces for mobile phone games

2009

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Abstract:Mobile phones are a widespread platform for ICT applications because they are highly pervasive in contemporary society. Hence, we can think of mobile gaming as a serious candidate to being a prominent form of entertainment in the near future. However, most games (for computers, console and mobile devices) make extensive use of the visual medium, which tends to exclude visually-impaired users from the play. While mobile gaming could potentially reach many visually-impaired users, who are very familiar with this technology, currently there seems to be only very few alternatives for this community. In an attempt to explore new interactive possibilities for such users, this work presents an initial study on non-visual interfaces for mobile phone games. It is based on Semiotic Engineering principles, emphasizing communication through aural, tactile and gestural signs, and deliberately excluding visual information. Results include a number of issues that can be incorporated to a wider research agenda on mobile gaming accessibility, both for the visually-impaired and sighted.

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Section: Game Hcimentioning

confidence: 99%

Turn off the graphics: designing non-visual interfaces for mobile phone games

2009

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“…Range and mapping however, relate to the plans and knowledge of the user in the virtual environment, and can thus be regarded as conceptual variables. Slater & Usoh [15] and more recently Bystrom, Barfield and Hendrix [16] have emphasized the importance of the role of display technology in presence, presenting both theoretical as well as empirical arguments; however, a large body of empirically unsupported, theoretical work exists which argues that presence cannot occur simply as a function of display parameters, but must also be affected by what can be loosely called "the suspension of disbelief". For instance, Zeltzer [17] and Steuer [6] include the concept of interactivity in their conceptualizations of presence.…”

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“…For example, IJsselsteijn, de Ridder, Freeman & Avons [18] consider a category of variables they term "user characteristics" which includes variables ranging from previous experience with VR to motor ability. Also included in their "user characteristics" category is the notion of "willing suspension of disbelief", which is also used by others such as Thie & van Wijk [19], Bystrom, Barfield & Hendrix [16] and many others. Notions such as these illustrate that the field recognizes the importance of the role played by the user's mental state and suggests strongly that presence occurs not simply as a product of the sensory stimuli provided to the user.…”

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confidence: 99%

Conceptual priming as a determinant of presence in virtual environments

Nugent

Blake

2003

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa

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Many presence studies show the importance of display variables in determining presence. However, very little empirical evidence exists to support the notion of "the suspension of disbelief" or other psychological determinants of presence. We argue from a cognitive presence perspective that presence can be considered as an extension of perception, a process which is known to be significantly affected by the perceiver's mental state. We support our argument by presenting the results of a large study (n=103) in which users were conceptually primed by reading a booklet either related to or unrelated to a VE and then were left to explore that VE with either a high quality or low quality display. We found a significant interaction effect between display quality and priming, showing that the mental state of the user sets a context which affects their experience of presence as measured using two scales. We conclude that, like perception, presence does not simply occur as a consequence of sensory input only, but that it is a constructive process in which the VE user creates an experience using both sensory and psychological inputs.

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“…Physical displacement in Virtual Reality (VR), where the viewpoint is directly controlled by the user's head motion [2], stand as the most natural navigation techniques for VR and benefit both interaction and sense of presence [3]. However, limitations in tracking technologies (i.e.…”

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confidence: 99%

NaviFields

Murillo

Gatti

Segovia

et al. 2017

Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

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Virtual Reality allow users to explore virtual environments naturally, by moving their head and body. However, the size of the environments they can explore is limited by real world constraints, such as the tracking technology or the physical space available. Existing techniques removing these limitations often break the metaphor of natural navigation in VR (e.g. steering techniques), involve control commands (e.g., teleporting) or hinder precise navigation (e.g., scaling user's displacements). This paper proposes NaviFields, which quantify the requirements for precise navigation of each point of the environment, allowing natural navigation within relevant areas, while scaling users' displacements when travelling across non-relevant spaces. This expands the size of the navigable space, retains the natural navigation metaphor and still allows for areas with precise control of the virtual head. We present a formal description of our NaviFields technique, which we compared against two alternative solutions (i.e., homogeneous scaling and natural navigation). Our results demonstrate our ability to cover larger spaces, introduce minimal disruption when travelling across bigger distances and improve very significantly the precise control of the viewpoint inside relevant areas.

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A Conceptual Model of the Sense of Presence in Virtual Environments

Cited by 234 publications

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Turn off the graphics: designing non-visual interfaces for mobile phone games

Turn off the graphics: designing non-visual interfaces for mobile phone games

Conceptual priming as a determinant of presence in virtual environments

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