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Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies
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Virtual Reality: Concepts and Technologies

by Philippe Fuchs, Guillaume Moreau, Pascal Guitton
July 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
432 pages
16h 6m
English
CRC Press
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Chapter 5
Immersion and presence
Daniel Mestre and Jean-LouisVercher
5.1 INTRODUCTION
Virtual reality, in essence, is an ambiguous concept. It is difficult to fully distinguish
between what comes under technology (virtual reality as a set of computer, mechanical,
electronic, etc. tools) and what comes under experience (virtual reality as a subjective
construction). The concepts of immersion and presence, defined in different ways by
different authors, are a sign of this ambiguity. Here, we will try to contribute to
a clarification regarding this objective/subjective duality. We propose that immersion
should be reserved for the description of the objective ...
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ISBN: 9780203802953