NDLI: Does a Gradual Transition to the Virtual World increase Presence?

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Steinicke, F. Bruder, G. Hinrichs, K. Steed, A. Gerlach, A.L.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Clinical Psychological and Diagnostics Psychology Department I University of Münster e-mail: agerlach@psy.uni-muenster.de (Gerlach, A.L.) \|\| Visualization and Computer Graphics (VisCG) Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Münster e-mail: g_brud01@math.uni-muenster.de (Bruder, G.) \|\| Visualization and Computer Graphics (VisCG) Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Münster e-mail: khh@math.uni-muenster.de (Hinrichs, K.) \|\| Visualization and Computer Graphics (VisCG) Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Münster e-mail: fsteini@math.uni-muenster.de (Steinicke, F.) \|\| Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics (VECG) Group Department of Computer Science University College London e-mail: A.Steed@cs.ucl.ac.uk (Steed, A.)
Abstract	In order to increase a user's sense of presence in an artificial environment some researchers propose a gradual transition from reality to the virtual world instead of immersing users into the virtual world directly. One approach is to start the VR experience in a virtual replica of the physical space to accustom users to the characteristics of VR, e.g., latency, reduced field of view or tracking errors, in a known environment. Although this procedure is already applied in VR demonstrations, until now it has not been verified whether the usage of such a transitional environment ¿ as transition between real and virtual environment ¿ increases someone's sense of presence. We have observed subjective, physiological and behavioral reactions of subjects during a fully-immersive flight phobia experiment under two different conditions: the virtual flight environment was displayed immediately, or subjects visited a transitional environment before entering the virtual flight environment. We have quantified to what extent a gradual transition to the VE via a transitional environment increases the level of presence. We have found that subjective responses show significantly higher scores for the user's sense of presence, and that subjects' behavioral reactions change when a transitional environment is shown first. Considering physiological reactions, no significant difference could be found.
Starting Page	203
Ending Page	210
File Size	3632774
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424439430
ISSN	10878270
DOI	10.1109/VR.2009.4811024
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-03-14
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Virtual reality Computer displays Virtual environment Visualization Computer graphics Computer science Psychology Humans Educational institutions Delay virtual portals presence transitional environment
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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