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Immersion and the illusion of presence in virtual reality
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This commentary briefly reviews the history of virtual reality and its use for psychology research, and clarifies the concepts of immersion and the illusion of presence.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Slater, M.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2018-05-21
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 431-433
- ISSN
- 0007-1269 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8295
- OpenAlex
- W2803662301
- Cited by
- 833
- References
- 13
- FWCI
- 45.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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