JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 24(2): 72-84, doi: 10.3217/jucs-024-02-0072

The Sense of Presence Exploration in Virtual Reality Therapy

Max M. North^‡, Sarah M. North^‡

‡ Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, United States of America

Corresponding author: Max North ( max@kennesaw.edu )

This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.

Citation: North MM, North SM (2018) The Sense of Presence Exploration in Virtual Reality Therapy. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 24(2): 72-84. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-024-02-0072

Abstract

The primary objective of this concise collection is to explore the sense of presence that participants experience in Virtual Reality Therapy experiments. In this article, sense of presence is briefly defined, followed by a discussion of factors effecting sense of presence, continuing with methods to measure sense of presence and assertions concerning virtual presence, and finally, conclusions and discussions are presented.

Keywords

virtual reality, computer graphics/applications, information systems/general, user/machine systems