?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Media+Presence+and+Inner+Presence%3A+The+Sense+of+Presence+in+Virtual+Reality+Technologies&rft.creator=Coelho%2C+Dr.+C.&rft.creator=Tichon%2C+Prof.+J.G.&rft.creator=Hine%2C+Dr.++T.J.&rft.creator=Wallis%2C+Dr.+G.M.&rft.creator=Riva%2C+Prof.+G.&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Human+Computer+Interaction&rft.description=Abstract.+Presence+is+widely+accepted+as+the+key+concept+to+be+considered+in+any+research+involving+human+interaction+with+Virtual+Reality+(VR).+Since+its+original+description%2C+the+concept+of+presence+has+developed+over+the+past+decade+to+be+considered+by+many+researchers+as+the+essence+of+any+experience+in+a+virtual+environment.+The+VR+generating+systems+comprise+two+main+parts%3A+a+technological+component+and+a+psychological+experience.+The+different+relevance+given+to+them+produced+two+different+but+coexisting+visions+of+presence%3A+the+rationalist+and+the+psychological%2Fecological+points+of+view.+The+rationalist+point+of+view+considers+a+VR+system+as+a+collection+of+specific+machines+with+the+necessity+of+the+inclusion+%0D%0Aof+the+concept+of+presence.+The+researchers+agreeing+with+this+approach+describe+the+sense+of+presence+as+a+function+of+the+experience+of+a+given+medium+(Media+Presence).+The+main+result+of+this+approach+is+the+definition+of+presence+as+the+perceptual+illusion+of+non-mediation+produced+by+means+of+the+disappearance+of+the+medium+from+the+conscious+attention+of+the+subject.+At+the+other+extreme%2C+there+%0D%0Ais+the+psychological+or+ecological+perspective+(Inner+Presence).+Specifically%2C+this+perspective+considers+presence+as+a+neuropsychological+phenomenon%2C+evolved+from+the+interplay+of+our+biological+and+cultural+inheritance%2C+whose+goal+is+the+control+of+the+human+activity.++%0D%0AGiven+its+key+role+and+the+rate+at+which+new+approaches+to+understanding+and+examining+presence+are+appearing%2C+this+chapter+draws+together+current+research+on+presence+to+provide+an+up+to+date+overview+of+the+most+widely+accepted+approaches+to+its+understanding+and+measurement.+&rft.publisher=IOS+Press%2C+Amsterdam&rft.contributor=Riva%2C+Prof.+G.&rft.contributor=Anguera%2C+Prof.+M.T.&rft.contributor=Wiederhold%2C+Prof.+B.K.&rft.contributor=Mantovani%2C+Prof.+F.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5965%2F1%2FChapter_2_Coelho.pdf&rft.identifier=++Coelho%2C+Dr.+C.+and+Tichon%2C+Prof.+J.G.+and+Hine%2C+Dr.+T.J.+and+Wallis%2C+Dr.+G.M.+and+Riva%2C+Prof.+G.++(2006)+Media+Presence+and+Inner+Presence%3A+The+Sense+of+Presence+in+Virtual+Reality+Technologies.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5965%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>