Realism and Field of View Affect Presence in VR but Not the Way You Think

Crescent Jicol; Christopher Clarke; Emilia Tor; Rebecca Dakin; Tom Lancaster; Sze Tung Chang; Karin Petrini; Eamonn O'Neill; Michael Proulx; Christof Lutteroth

doi:10.1145/3544548.3581448

Realism and Field of View Affect Presence in VR but Not the Way You Think

Crescent Jicol, Christopher Clarke, Emilia Tor, Rebecca Dakin, Tom Lancaster, Sze Tung Chang, Karin Petrini, Eamonn O'Neill, Michael Proulx, Christof Lutteroth

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Abstract

Presence is one of the most studied and most important variables in immersive virtual reality (VR) and it influences the effectiveness of many VR applications. Separate bodies of research indicate that presence is determined by (1) technical factors such as the visual realism of a virtual environment (VE) and the field of view (FoV), and (2) human factors such as emotions and agency. However, it remains unknown how technical and human factors may interact in the presence formation process. We conducted a user study (n=360) to investigate the effects of visual realism (high/low), FoV (high/low), emotions (focusing on fear) and agency (yes/no) on presence. Counter to previous assumptions, technical factors did not affect presence directly but were moderated through human factors. We propose TAP-Fear, a structural equation model that describes how design decisions, technical factors and human factors combine and interact in the formation of presence.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of Publication	New York, U. S.A.
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450394215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581448
Publication status	Published - 19 Apr 2023
Event	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported and funded by The Virtual Reality Oracle Project (VRO; AH/T004673/1) and the Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA 2.0; EP/T022523/1) at the University of Bath.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 ACM.

Keywords

agency
emotions
field of view
level of detail
presence
virtual reality

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Jicol, C., Clarke, C., Tor, E., Dakin, R., Lancaster, T., Chang, S. T., Petrini, K., O'Neill, E., Proulx, M., & Lutteroth, C. (2023). Realism and Field of View Affect Presence in VR but Not the Way You Think. In CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 399 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581448

Realism and Field of View Affect Presence in VR but Not the Way You Think. / Jicol, Crescent ; Clarke, Christopher; Tor, Emilia et al.
CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, U. S.A., 2023. 399 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Jicol, C , Clarke, C, Tor, E, Dakin, R, Lancaster, T, Chang, ST, Petrini, K , O'Neill, E , Proulx, M & Lutteroth, C 2023, Realism and Field of View Affect Presence in VR but Not the Way You Think. in CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 399, Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, New York, U. S.A., 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023, Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581448

Jicol C , Clarke C, Tor E, Dakin R, Lancaster T, Chang ST et al. Realism and Field of View Affect Presence in VR but Not the Way You Think. In CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, U. S.A. 2023. 399. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/3544548.3581448

Jicol, Crescent ; Clarke, Christopher ; Tor, Emilia et al. / Realism and Field of View Affect Presence in VR but Not the Way You Think. CHI 2023 - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, U. S.A., 2023. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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