The experience of presence in persuasive virtual environments

Interacting with Presence: HCI and the Sense of Presence in Computer-Mediated Environments

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 164-178

  Fox, Jesse ^a   Christy, Katheryn R ^a   Vang, Mao H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avatars; Persuasion; Presence; Social influence; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924872824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2478/9783110409697.11     Document Type: Chapter

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