Virtual space and place: Theory and test

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1079-1098

  Saunders, Carol ^a   Rutkowski, Anne F ^b   Van Genuchten, Michiel ^c   Vogel, Doug ^d   Orrego, Julio Molina ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Open Digital Dentistry   (Switzerland)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e GDF SUEZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Familiarity; Focused immersion; Perception; Place; Presence; Second Life; Social presence; Virtual space; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

SENSORY PERCEPTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COGNITION; FAMILIARITY; FOCUSED IMMERSION; PLACE; PRESENCE; SECOND LIFE; SOCIAL PRESENCE; VIRTUAL SPACES; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 81355163742     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: 21629730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/41409974     Document Type: Article

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