Effects of simulation fidelity on user experience in virtual fear of public speaking training - an experimental study

Annual Review of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2014: Positive Change: Connecting the Virtual and the Real

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 66-70

  Poeschl, Sandra ^a   Doering, Nicola ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fear of public speaking; Fidelity; User experience; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

VIRTUAL REALITY;

FIDELITY; PERCEIVED REALISMS; PUBLIC SPEAKING; SIMULATION FIDELITY; STATE OF RESEARCH; USER EXPERIENCE; VIRTUAL PRESENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING;

E-LEARNING;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIA; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPEECH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84928081170     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-401-5-66     Document Type: Chapter

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