DocumentCode
2679808
Title
Ethnicity and sense of presence in a virtual environment: Arab women - A case in point
Author
Almog, Idan ; Wallach, H.S. ; Safir, M.P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Psychol., Univ. of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
fYear
2009
fDate
June 29 2009-July 2 2009
Firstpage
78
Lastpage
82
Abstract
Participants (99) experienced Virtual Reality Environment (VRE) exposure in a virtual airplane, and completed a presence questionnaire. Twenty seven participants avoided viewing the virtual window, and reported lower levels of presence. Significantly more window avoiders were Arab females than any other group. Thus Arab women behaved differently in the VRE, which in turn influenced their ability to experience the VRE as real and vivid.
Keywords
gender issues; social aspects of automation; virtual reality; Arab women; ethnicity; sense of presence; virtual airplane; virtual environment; Airplanes; Cultural differences; Global communication; Internet; Medical treatment; Psychology; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication control; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Culture; Ethnicity; Presence; Virtual Reality; Virtual Reality Environments;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, 2009
Conference_Location
Haifa
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-4188-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-4189-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICVR.2009.5174209
Filename
5174209
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