Abstract:As researchers and practitioners we have been exploring the topic of presence, and in particular the contribution of the sense presence to interactive experiences, for several years. We have learned t...As researchers and practitioners we have been exploring the topic of presence, and in particular the contribution of the sense presence to interactive experiences, for several years. We have learned that the user experience of information technology is profoundly affected by the extent to which we experience ourselves to be really present in the mediated world that the technology makes available to us. Over the last two decades, many researchers, artists and designers have explored the role of the sense of presence in interactive experience (so-called ‘mediated presence’). While there is still not a general consensus about what presence actually is, it is fair to say that most investigators agree about what it is not. Presence is not the degree of technological immersion, it is not the same thing as emotional engagement, it is not absorption or attention or action; but all of these and several other factors have a potential role in understanding the experience of presence in interaction.Read More
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-05-22
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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