We discuss and reflect on the importance of embodiment, context, and spatial proximity as they pertain to the sense of presence obtained by individuals in virtual environments. We...
Brian E. Mennecke, Janea L. Triplett, Lesya M. Has...
The SIETTE collaborative environment allows students to take tests together in small groups. Individuals can communicate and hold discussions to solve test questions. This paper de...
This paper explores the issue of user embodiment within collaborative virtual environments. By user embodiment we mean the provision of users with appropriate body images so as to...
Steve Benford, John Bowers, Lennart E. Fahlé...
Based on a distributed architecture for real-time collection and broadcast of haptic information to multiple participants, heterogeneous haptic devices (the PHANToM and the CyberG...
Margaret McLaughlin, Gaurav S. Sukhatme, Wei Peng,...
This paper describes an experiment that examines the influence of visual realism on reported presence. 33 participants experienced two different renderings of a virtual environmen...