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Presentation 2012-06-30 13:00
Measurements of a "sense of being together" in virtual environments
Wataru Teramoto, Yuto Matsuura (Muroran Inst. Tech.), Nobuko Asai (Kyoto Bunkyo Univ.) HIP2012-33
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(in English) This study measured how users feel a sense of being together in a virtual environment by using the social Simon paradigm (Sebanz et al, 2003, Cognition, 88, B11--B21). In this paradigm, one participant presses a key in response to one color, and the other participant presses another key in response to the other color. Despite the fact that each participant is performing a go/no-go task, an effect similar to a standard Simon effect occurs if they feel a sense of being together. In the present experiment, a pair of participants in different rooms observed the same virtual environment through head-mounted displays and performed the task. In one condition, the participants had a 3-min session to interact with their co-actor in the virtual environment before the start of the experimental session and could see a co-actor's avatar throughout the session. In the other condition, the participants also could see a co-actor's avatar but did not have time to interact with their co-actor. The results showed that the social Simon effect occurred only for the former condition, suggesting that the 3-min interaction with the partner is important for evoking a sense of being together in the virtual environment.
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(in English) sense of being together / social Simon effect / virtual reality / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 112, no. 112, HIP2012-33, pp. 1-5, June 2012.
Paper # HIP2012-33 
Date of Issue 2012-06-23 (HIP) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Date 2012-06-30 - 2012-07-01 
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Conference Code 2012-06-HIP 
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Title (in English) Measurements of a "sense of being together" in virtual environments 
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Keyword(1) sense of being together  
Keyword(2) social Simon effect  
Keyword(3) virtual reality  
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1st Author's Name Wataru Teramoto  
1st Author's Affiliation Muroran Institute of Technology (Muroran Inst. Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Yuto Matsuura  
2nd Author's Affiliation Muroran Institute of Technology (Muroran Inst. Tech.)
3rd Author's Name Nobuko Asai  
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyoto Bunkyo University (Kyoto Bunkyo Univ.)
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Date Time 2012-06-30 13:00:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # HIP2012-33 
Volume (vol) vol.112 
Number (no) no.112 
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