Spatial presence and perceived reality as predictors of motion-based video game enjoyment

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 591-619

  Shafer, Daniel M ^a   Carbonara, Corey P ^a   Popova, Lucy ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMERSIVE; INTERACTIVITY; MICROSOFT; NEW MODEL; NINTENDO; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; VIDEO GAME; XBOX 360;

USER INTERFACES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84859452083     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/PRES_a_00084     Document Type: Article

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