Paper Info
Title
Immersive virtual video game play and presence: Influences on aggressive feelings and behavior
Abstract
Immersive virtual environment technology (IVET) allows developers to create simulated environments that can engage users in context relevant behaviors and that can produce relatively intense user experiences for purposes such as entertainment (e.g., video games), phobia desensitization, and training. We predicted that playing a violent video game using an IVET platform would lead to increased presence and aggressive feelings and behavior compared to playing on a less immersive desktop platform. The results of two experiments supported this hypothesis. The data suggest that presence mediated the relationship between playing platform and aggressive feelings but not the relationship between playing platform and aggressive behavior. Finally, we explored the utility of using cardiovascular measures within this research paradigm.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1162/pres.17.1.57
Presence
Keywords
Field
DocType
cardiovascular measure,immersive virtual video game,violent video game,ivet platform,aggressive feeling,immersive desktop platform,video game,context relevant behavior,aggressive behavior,immersive virtual environment technology,increased presence
Suicide prevention,Computer science,Entertainment,Simulation,Human factors and ergonomics,Injury prevention,Immersion (virtual reality),Accident prevention,Feeling,Immersive virtual environment
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
17
1
1054-7460
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
23
1.31
4
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Susan Persky11358.47
Jim Blascovich250346.72