Presence in Shared Virtual Environments and Virtual Togetherness
PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented RealityPublished 1 April 2000
Nat Durlach, Mel Slater
Citations201
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SJR score0.32
SNIP0.52
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The notion of togetherness, the sense of people being together in a shared space, is introduced, which is the counterpart for shared VEs to the presence of an individual in a VE.
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This Forum article discusses the relationships among people, their avatars, and their virtual environment workstations in a shared virtual environment. It introduces the notion of togetherness, the sense of people being together in a shared space, which is the counterpart for shared VEs to the presence of an individual in a VE. The role of tactual communication is emphasized as being fundamental to togetherness.
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