The Sense of Presence Exploration in Virtual Reality Therapy

Max M. North (Kennesaw State University, USA)

Sarah M. North (Kennesaw State University, USA)

Abstract: The primary objective of this concise collection is to explore the sense of presence that participants experience in Virtual Reality Therapy experiments. In this article, sense of presence is briefly defined, followed by a discussion of factors effecting sense of presence, continuing with methods to measure sense of presence and assertions concerning virtual presence, and finally, conclusions and discussions are presented.

Keywords: computer graphics/applications, information systems/general, user/machine systems, virtual reality

Categories: H.0, H.1.2, I.3.7, I.3.8