COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Detailed explanation-1: -Sense of presence has been defined as the psychological consequence of immersion. It refers to the degree of feeling connected and involved, absorbed, and engaged in a given virtual environment (McCreery et al., 2013; Slater & Wilbur, 1997; Lombard & Ditton, 1997).

Detailed explanation-2: -Witmer & Singer (1998) define immersion a psychological state characterized by the perception of being or feeling « enveloped by », « included in » or « in interaction with » an environment offering a continuity of various stimulatory experiences.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sense of presence is the feeling of being there in a virtual environment. A three-component self report scale to measure sense of presence is described, the components being sense of spatial presence, involvement, and realness.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to their framework, presence in VR can be defined as a technology-mediated phenomenon and focuses on subjective experience of the person that is triggered by external stimuli that leads to an inaccurate perception of technology involvement.