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Virtual Reality: How Much Immersion Is Enough?

2007/07/01 by Doug A. Bowman, Ryan P. McMahan · 41 citations
Computer Science · Psychology · #Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts #Augmented Reality Applications #Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

paper · doi:10.1109/mc.2007.257

Abstract

Solid evidence of virtual reality's benefits has graduated from impressive visual demonstrations to producing results in practical applications. Further, a realistic experience is no longer immersion's sole asset. Empirical studies show that various components of immersion provide other benefits - full immersion is not always necessary. The goal of immersive virtual environments (VEs) was to let the user experience a computer-generated world as if it were real - producing a sense of presence, or "being there," in the user's mind.

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