Modes of immersion and stress induced by commercial (off-the-shelf) 3D games

Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-352

  Bouchard, Stéphane ^a   Bernier, Francxois ^b   Boivin, Éric ^b   Guitard, Tanya ^a   Laforest, Mylène ^a,c   Dumoulin, Stéphanie ^a   Robillard, Geneviève ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA VALCARTIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D video games; Immersion; Physiological change; Serious games; Soldiers; Stress; Stress management training (SMT); Stressful emotions; Trier Social Stress Test (TSST); Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SERIOUS GAMES; STEREO IMAGE PROCESSING; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

3-D VIDEOS; IMMERSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGE; SOLDIERS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; STRESS TEST; STRESSFUL EMOTIONS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84928156971     PISSN: 15485129     EISSN: 1557380X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548512912446359     Document Type: Article

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