Being There Together and the Future of Connected Presence

Research on virtual environments has provided insights into the experience of presence (or being there) and copresence (being there together). Several dimensions of this experience, including the realism of the environment and of the avatar embodiment, have been investigated. At the same time, research on a number of new media has begun to use concepts that are similar to copresence, such as mutual awareness, connected presence, and engagement. Since digital environments can be reconfigured and combined easily, and since an increasing number of such environments are used to connect people in their everyday lives, it is useful to think about the various modalities of connected presence as a continuum

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: PRESENCE
• Authors: Ralph Schroeder
• Keywords: PRESENCE 2006, Research, Several Dimensions, Virtual Environments