The effectiveness of a virtual reality experience is strongly affected by the sense of presence
of the users involved. This article reviews the different definitions of presence and the main …

The amount of research on virtual reality learning tools increases with time. Despite the
diverse environments and theoretical foundations, enough data have been accumulated in …

The concept of presence, or “being there” is a frequently emphasized factor in immersive
mediated environments. It is often assumed that greater levels of immersive quality elicit …

Simulations, serious games, and virtual reality (SSG) applications represent promising
support for achieving practical proficiency, but it is difficult to know how to introduce them …

It is often necessary for virtual reality (VR) users to experience a sense of presence for the
benefits of VR applications to be realized. However, feelings of presence are subjective and …

Background Immersion is important for simulation-based education; however, questionnaire-
based instruments to measure immersion have some limitations. The aim of the present …

I-group Presence Questionnaire (IPQ), which is used to evaluate the mediated experience of
presence-especially for virtual reality applications-is originally developed in German and …

Technological advances in recent years have promoted the development of virtual reality
systems that have a wide variety of hardware and software characteristics, providing varying …

This chapter is concerned with the perception and simulation of self-motion in virtual
environments, and how spatial presence and other higher cognitive and top-down factors …

Abstract The use of Virtual Reality (VR) in training rests on the assumption that perceptual
and cognitive knowledge transfers to the real world. We conducted a repeated measures …