Relationships Between Internal Factors, Social Factors and the Sense of Presence in Virtual Reality-Based Simulations

This study is an examination of the effect of computer-generated virtual reality graded exposure on the physiological and psychological responses of performing musicians. Eight university saxophone majors, five men and three women, participated in twelve 15- to 20-minute weekly practice sessions during which they were immersed in one of four different virtual environments designed to elicit various anxiety levels. Baseline heart rates and subjective measurements were taken prior to immersion and continued throughout the exposure period. In addition, heart rate and subjective measurements were recorded for three live performances given by each subject before beginning the virtual reality exposure and after completion of the sixth and the twelfth exposure sessions. Findings indicated that the virtual environments did elicit a sense of presence and may have provided the means for desensitization. Heart-rate readings and psychological indications of anxiety did not always correspond.

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Virtual reality and 360° panorama technology: a media comparison to study changes in sense of presence, anxiety, and positive emotions

Virtual Reality ◽

10.1007/s10055-020-00453-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Eleonora Brivio ◽

Silvia Serino ◽

Erica Negro Cousa ◽

Andrea Zini ◽

Giuseppe Riva ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Positive Emotions ◽

Sense Of Presence ◽

Media Comparison

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Predictors of Smoking Craving During Virtual Reality Exposure

Presence Teleoperators & Virtual Environments ◽

10.1162/pres_a_00125 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 423-434

Author(s):

Marta Ferrer-García ◽

Olaya García-Rodríguez ◽

Irene Pericot-Valverde ◽

Jin H. Yoon ◽

Roberto Secades-Villa ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Virtual Environments ◽

Nicotine Dependence ◽

Cue Reactivity ◽

Virtual Reality Technology ◽

Promising Tool ◽

Sense Of Presence ◽

Individual Variables ◽

Virtual Reality Exposure ◽

Cue Exposure Treatment

Cue exposure treatment (CET) consists of controlled and repeated exposure to drug-related stimuli in order to reduce cue-reactivity. Virtual reality (VR) has proved to be a promising tool for exposition. However, identifying the variables that can modulate the efficacy of this technique is essential for selecting the most appropriate exposure modality. The aim of this study was to determine the relation between several individual variables and self-reported craving in smokers exposed to VR environments. Forty-six smokers were exposed to seven complex virtual environments that reproduce typical situations in which people smoke. Self-reported craving was selected as the criterion variable and three types of variables were selected as the predictor variables: related to nicotine dependence, related to anxiety and impulsivity, and related to the sense of presence in the virtual environments. Sense of presence was the only predictor of self-reported craving in all the experimental virtual environments. Nicotine dependence variables added predictive power to the model only in the virtual breakfast at home. No relation was found between anxiety or impulsivity and self-reported craving. Virtual reality technology can be very helpful for improving CET for substance use disorders. However, the use of virtual environments would make sense only insofar as the sense of presence was high. Otherwise, the effectiveness of exposure might be affected.

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Virtual Reality to Improve the User Experience of Traditional Museums

Volume 9: 40th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE) ◽

10.1115/detc2020-22413 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Elena Spadoni ◽

Marina Carulli ◽

Monica Bordegoni

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Augmented Reality ◽

User Experience ◽

Primary Objective ◽

The Other ◽

Sense Of Presence ◽

Different Types ◽

Virtual Reality Application ◽

Museum Exhibition

Abstract Museums have been subjected to important changes in the approach they use to involve visitors. Among the other trends, storytelling and interactive exhibitions are two of the most used approaches used to make exhibitions more interesting for users. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality methods can be effectively used in the context of a museum exhibition to support both storytelling and interaction. The primary objective of the use of these technologies is to make the visit of museums much more engaging, and suitable for different types of visitors. Among the several museums that are moving in this direction, there is the Museo Astronomico di Brera. The museum mainly consists of a corridor, hosting instruments used by astronomers, and the Cupola Schiaparelli, which is an observatory dome. The aim of the research presented in this paper is to develop an interactive Virtual Reality application to be used for improving the users’ experience of visits to the Museo Astronomico di Brera. Specifically, the paper presents a VR application to virtually visit the Dome. Preliminary tests have been carried out for evaluating the users’ sense of presence in the VR environment. An analysis of the collected data is presented in the paper.

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The Sense of Presence through the Humanization Created by Virtual Environments

Proceedings ◽

10.3390/proceedings2019021007 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Donga ◽

Marques ◽

Pereira ◽

Gomes

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Older People ◽

Virtual Environments ◽

Strong Sense ◽

Sense Of Presence ◽

School Events

This work focus on the study of solutions that using video 360 and virtual reality that allow children’s and older people that are away of their family environments for various reasons to be able to feel they are participating at family or school events. The solutions proposed should deliver a strong sense of presence to the users and the interface must be friendly. The validation will be made by user observation and inquiries.

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Data-Driven Discovery of Predictors of Virtual Reality Safety and Sense of Presence for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00669 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

Author(s):

Mahan Malihi ◽

Jenny Nguyen ◽

Robyn E. Cardy ◽

Salina Eldon ◽

Cathy Petta ◽

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Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Virtual Reality ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Children With Autism ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Spectrum Disorder ◽

Data Driven ◽

Sense Of Presence

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Assessment of the influence of navigation control and screen size on the sense of presence in virtual reality using EEG

Expert Systems with Applications ◽

10.1016/j.eswa.2013.08.055 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 1584-1592 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Miriam Clemente ◽

Alejandro Rodríguez ◽

Beatriz Rey ◽

Mariano Alcañiz

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Screen Size ◽

Sense Of Presence ◽

Navigation Control

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Walking with and Without Walking: Perception of Distance in Large-Scale Urban Areas in Reality and in Virtual Reality

Presence Teleoperators & Virtual Environments ◽

10.1162/105474604774048234 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 61-76 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Michael M. Popp ◽

Edna Platzer ◽

Matthias Eichner ◽

Marion Schade

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Large Scale ◽

Walking Speed ◽

Distance Estimation ◽

External Factors ◽

Emotional States ◽

Internal Factors ◽

Visual Appearance ◽

Actual Reality

The perception of distance when walking through an urban area depends on several factors. In addition to knowledge of the physical length of a route based on known parameters such as the walking speed and the time or number of steps, this paper also discusses external factors such as the visual appearance and details of the route and internal factors such as the physiological effort or emotional states during the walk. It is not clear which of the latter factors are stored in memory and are used to estimate a perceived distance. The hypothesis of distance estimation on the basis of perceived and remembered effort is held by several researchers. The reported experiments tried to clarify that question with research in actual reality and virtual reality. In doing so, we were able to separate the component of real walking from other sources that possibly affect distance estimation. In addition, this work demonstrates the power of experiments in VR compared with equivalent experiments in reality.

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