We review the concept of presence in virtual reality, normally thought of as the sense of
“being there” in the virtual world. We argued in a 2009 paper that presence consists of two …

Social presence, or the feeling of being there with a “real” person, is a crucial component of
interactions that take place in virtual reality. This paper reviews the concept, antecedents …

A game engine (Gregory 2018) is a software engine/framework mainly designed to develop
video games while providing built-in libraries, tools, and/or components for game …

In a post-COVID landscape, building interest and evoking positive emotions toward tourism
products are vital for destination recovery. As a result, interest and opportunity for the use of …

The rapid development of virtual reality (VR) technology offers opportunities for a
widespread consumption of VR tourism content. It also presents challenges to better …

Virtual Reality (VR) is gaining increasing importance in science, education, and
entertainment. A fundamental characteristic of VR is creating presence, the experience …

Virtual reality (VR) started about 50 years ago in a form we would recognize today [stereo
head-mounted display (HMD), head tracking, computer graphics generated images] …

As augmented reality (AR) has been increasingly adopted by various industries as a
marketing tool, tourism practitioners have come to recognize its promising potential in …

This article reports the impact of the degree of personalization and individualization of users'
avatars as well as the impact of the degree of immersion on typical psychophysical factors in …

The presence construct, most commonly defined as the sense of “being there,” has driven
research and development of virtual environments (VEs) for decades. Despite that, there is …