May i experience more presence in doing the same thing in virtual reality than in reality? An answer from a simulated job interview

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 265-272

  Villani, D ^a   Repetto, C ^a   Cipresso, P ^b   Riva, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anxiety state; Job interview; Presence; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY;

ANXIETY STATE; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; JOB INTERVIEWS; PRESENCE; REAL-WORLD SIMULATION; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL MEDIATIONS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84866402794     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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