Health and Safety Implications of Virtual Environments: Measurement Issues
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- Published by MIT Press in PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Vol. 6 (6) , 667-675
- https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.1997.6.6.667
Abstract
Investigations of the potential impact of virtual environments on user health and safety require a methodological framework to identify both the effects of VE participation and the role of influential factors in causing those effects. This first in a series of 12 experiments was designed to evaluate methods, but also provided preliminary data regarding psychological and physiological effects. This discussion centers upon the value of self-reports and performance measures and the general methodological problems of evaluating participation in virtual environments.Keywords
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