Does a gradual transition to the virtual world increase presence?

Proceedings - IEEE Virtual Reality

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 203-210

  Steinicke, Frank ^a   Bruder, Gerd ^a   Hinrichs, Klaus ^a   Steed, Anthony ^b   Gerlach, Alexander L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Presence; Transitional environment; Virtual portals; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

FIELD OF VIEWS; FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT; GRADUAL TRANSITION; IMMERSIVE; KNOWN ENVIRONMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; PRESENCE; TRACKING ERRORS; TRANSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL PORTALS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 67649794266     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VR.2009.4811024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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