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Presence in VR experiences -- an empirical cost-benefit-analysis
Virtual reality (VR) is on the edge of getting a mainstream platform for
gaming, education and product design. The feeling of being present in the
virtual world is influenced by many factors and even more intriguing a single
negative influence can destroy the illusion that was created with a lot of
effort by other measures. Therefore, it is crucial to have a balance between
the influencing factors, know the importance of the factors and have a good
estimation of how much effort it takes to bring each factor to a certain level
of fidelity. This paper collects influencing factors discussed in literature,
analyses the immersion of current off-the-shelf VR-solutions and presents
results from an empirical study on efforts and benefits from certain aspects
influencing presence in VR experiences. It turns out, that sometimes delivering
high fidelity is easier to achieve than medium fidelity and for other aspects
it is worthwhile investing more effort to achieve higher fidelity to improve
presence a lot.Comment: empirical stud