Imi Research Seminar

The effectiveness of virtual environments has often been linked to the sense of presence reported by users of those virtual environments. Presence studies look investigate the phenomenon of acting and feeling that we are in the world created by computer displays. We propose to study relations between virtual humans and sense of presence in immersive environments. We particularly consider how surrounding virtual humans can increase the sense of presence compared to virtual humans located in front of us. We carry out an experiment in which participants had to interact with surrounding virtual humans throughout a volley-ball game in an immersive environment.