Challenging Presence. Proceedings of the International Society for Presence Research 15th International Conference on Presence

Anna Felnhofer & Oswald D. Kothgassner

The central goal of the present proceedings is to convey an overview over the latest developments in Virtual Reality (VR) research to a broader audience. International experts with diverse scientific backgrounds present their research and discuss both, their current findings and future perspectives. The focus is on the phenomenon of “Presence”, which is commonly referred to as a sense of “being there” in a technologically mediated environment and more formally as the perceptual illusion
of non-mediation. Presence can thus be regarded as a crucial aspect of the VR-experience and an essential precondition for the success of numerous VR-applications (e.g., simulators and computer games).