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
fDate :
June 29 2009-July 2 2009
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;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Rehabilitation International Conference, 2009
Conference_Location :
Haifa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4188-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4189-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICVR.2009.5174209
