Spatial Presence in Dynamic Environments: Tracking the Visual Attention Allocation During Exposure

Wissmath, Bartholomäus; Weibel, David; Stricker, Daniel; Mast, Fred (12 November 2009). Spatial Presence in Dynamic Environments: Tracking the Visual Attention Allocation During Exposure. In: 12th annual International Workshop on Presence. Los Angeles. 11 to 13 November 2009.

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Attention allocation towards the mediated environment is assumed to be a necessary precondition to experience presence. In presence research, however, the potential of visual attention theories or eye-tracking techniques have not been exploited so far. In this study, participants (N= 44) ride on a virtual roller coaster simulation. We compare participants scoring high versus low on presence. In addition, we manipulated the degree of presence (low vs. high). During the ride, the eye movements were captured. In addition, we assessed subjective ex-post presence judgments. We found high sensations of presence to be associated with more fixations, shorter fixation durations, smaller saccade amplitudes, and decreased saccade velocity. We discuss individual scan patterns and reflect on the possible implications of our findings for presence theory and VR-design.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology

UniBE Contributor:

Wissmath, Bartholomäus, Weibel, David, Stricker, Daniel, Mast, Fred

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology

Language:

English

Submitter:

David Weibel

Date Deposited:

01 May 2024 15:03

Last Modified:

01 May 2024 15:03

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/196423

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/196423

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