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PRESENCE 2006
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Conference Proceedings [ ISBN 978-0-9792217-0-5 ] |
PRESENCE 2006 took place at Cleveland State University August 24-26, 2006. The conference was organized by ISPR, the International Society for Presence Research.
A list of the papers and presentations from the conference with links to Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files containing each paper, is below. Click here to view or download the complete conference proceedings in a large (3.8 mb) file.
If you have questions or problems, please send an e-mail message to help@ispr.info.
The conference featured a dinner cruise on the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie on the Nautica Queen; some of the attendees posed for this photo (click on it for a larger version):
CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
DAY 1: Thursday August 24, 2006
Session 1: Presence Explications and Models
| 09.30 - 10.30 | Chair: David Nunez, University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Presence: A network of reciprocal relations Pericle Salvini, IMT - Institutions, Markets and Technologies, Lucca, Italy |
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What
production of presence and mimesis have in common |
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Presence in technologically mediated
environments: A research framework |
Session 2: High Density/Poster Session + Demos
| 10:30 - 12:30 | Chair: Renee Botta, University of Denver, USA |
| This is the first of two panels utilizing a new format for the PRESENCE Workshops: Each presenter will first describe their work in 5 minutes (with the time limit strictly enforced) and then attendees will visit posters and demonstrations corresponding to each presentation to learn more from the authors through informal discussions. Refreshments will be served throughout the session. | |
| Defining
presence Matthew Lombard and Matthew T. Jones, Temple University, USA |
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| The effect of static anthropomorphic images on
emotion perceptions in mobile-phone communication Sin-Hwa Kang, James H. Watt, Katherine Isbister, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA |
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| Presence and video games: The impact of image
quality and skill level Cheryl Campanella Bracken, Cleveland State University, USA Paul Skalski, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA |
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| Applying telepresence robot to interpersonal
communication: Implications and applications Tzung Cheng Tsai and Yeh-Liang Hsu, Yuan Ze University, Taiwan |
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| Projecting presence: A mimetic approach to the
creation of presence Benjamin Unterman, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada |
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| Demonstrations: DarkCon (reconnaissance-type immersive
environment) and The Memory Stairs (a VR artwork) Jacquelyn Morie and Sean Bouchard, University of Southern California, USA |
Session 3: The Presence Effect in Theory and Practice
| 01.45 - 03.00 | Chair: Sukki Yoon, Cleveland State University, USA |
| From film to the web: Presence and the medium Kimberly Neuendorf, Cleveland State University, USA |
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Relational presence and distanced interdependent
relationships Katheryn Maguire, Cleveland State University, USA Stacey Connaughton, Purdue University, USA |
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Social presence
in virtual teams Guowei Jian and Joseph Amschlinger, Cleveland State University, USA |
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Is bigger really better?
An experimental study of presence and online political advertising Edward Horowitz, Cleveland State University, USA |
Session 4: New Topics and Contexts for Presence
| 03.20 - 04.20 | Chair: M. Carmen Juan, Technical University of Valencia, Spain |
Content
knowledge and thematic inertia predict virtual presence |
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Understanding
Instant Messaging: Gratifications and social presence |
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| Increasing the motion of users in
photo-realistic virtual environments by utilising auditory rendering of the environment and ego-motion Rolf Nordahl, Aalborg University, Denmark |
DAY 2: Friday August 25, 2006
Keynote Speaker: Janet Murray
| 09.30 - 11.00 | Designing for Presence
Presence is hard to pin down as a design goal, and yet the immediate experience of absent, distant, or unreal entities is proliferating as the affordances of the digital medium are elaborated into new formats of presentation and representation. This talk explores commonalities between the experience of Presence in digital environments (such as interactive characters, online communities, mixed reality, and interactive TV) and older cultural experiences such as ghosts, adventure movies, and religious states. I will attempt to identify qualitative design elements that reinforce Presence as an aesthetic experience. Janet Murray is an internationally recognized interactive designer, the director of the Masters Degree Program in Information Design and Technology and Ph.D. Program in Digital Media in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the author of Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (Free Press, 1997; MIT Press 1998), which has been translated into 5 languages, and is widely used as a roadmap to the coming broadband art, information, and entertainment environments. She is currently working on a textbook for MIT Press, Inventing the Medium: A Principled Approach to Interactive Design and on a digital edition of the Warner Brothers classic, Casablanca, funded by NEH and in collaboration with the American Film Institute. In addition, she directs an eTV Prototyping Group, which has worked on interactive television applications for PBS, ABC, and other networks. She is also a member Georgia Tech's Experimental Game Lab. In spring 2000 Janet Murray was named a Trustee of the American Film Institute, where she has also served as a mentor in the Enhanced TV Workshop, a program of the AFI Digital Content Lab. She holds a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University, and before coming to Georgia Tech in 1999 taught humanities and led advanced interactive design projects at MIT. Murray’s primary fields of interest are digital media curricula, interactive narrative, story/games, interactive television, and large-scale multimedia information spaces. Her projects have been funded by IBM, Apple Computer, the Annenberg-CPB Project, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. (biographical information adapted from Dr. Murray's web site) |
Session 5: Presence as a Mediating Variable in Media Effects Research
| 11.20 - 12.35 | Chair: Miriam Reiner, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, Israel |
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Mapping the way to fun: The effect of video game interfaces
on presence and enjoyment Paul Skalski, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA Ryan L. Lange and Ron Tamborini, Michigan State University, USA |
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| Does “being there” improve memory: The impact of presence on
recall James Denny, Cleveland State University, USA David Atkin, University of Connecticut, USA |
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| Presence, efficacy, and the Net: Exploring patterns in
political participation from a comparative perspective Mehpare Selcan Kaynak, Bogazici University, Turkey Cheryl Campanella Bracken, Cleveland State University, USA |
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| I felt like it happened to me: Television audience
perceptions of televised conflict Renee Botta, University of Denver, USA Jill Rudd, Cleveland State University, USA |
Session 6: Pushing Presence: Have We Gone Far Enough?
| 01.45 - 03.00 | Chair: Rita Lauria, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA |
| Panelists: | Jacquelyn Morie,
Scientist and Artist, University of
Southern California, USA Christopher Stapleton, President, Simiosys, LLC, USA Alex Singer, Independent Director, Directors Guild of America (DGA), USA Judy Singer, Independent Writer, Writers Guild of America (WGA), USA Rebecca Tortell, Researcher Analyst, University of Southern California, USA |
| This panel is designed to ask provocative questions relating to the future of presence and virtual reality as a medium, and get audience members to be active participants in the debate. Each panelist will take 5 minutes to convince the audience that their vision of the future is not only possible, but probable. We will attempt to resurrect the original promise of VR, fast forwarded half a century, and debate how new generations can come to see this potential. |
Session 7: Applying Presence I: Research Reports
| 03.20 - 04.20 | Chair: Paul Skalski, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA |
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A markerless
augmented reality system for the treatment of phobia to small animals M. C. Juan, Technical University of Valencia, Spain D. Joele, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Rosa Baños, University of Valencia, Spain Cristina Botella, Universitat Jaume I, Spain Mariano Alcaniz, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Ch. Van der Mast, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands |
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The
effects of witness viewpoint
distance, angle, and choice on eyewitness accuracy
in police lineups coducted in immersive virtual
environments |
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Look at or
looking out: Exploring monocular cues to create a see-through experience
with a virtual window Wijnand IJsselsteijn, Willem Oosting, Ingrid Vogels, Yvonne de Kort, and Evert van Loenen, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands |
DAY 3: Saturday August 26, 2006
Session 8: Presence Controversies
| 09.30 - 11.00 | Chair: Matthew Lombard, Temple University, USA |
| This panel will feature discussion of controversies, or
potential controversies, in the community of presence scholars, as suggested
by nominations on the presence-l listserv and elsewhere. Questions to be
considered include:
PRESENCE UTILITY - Is the presence concept actually useful, i.e., has it led to or is it likely to lead to meaningful practical findings and/or better understanding of human experience? PRESENCE PROGRESS - How much progress have we made in understanding presence? PRESENCE DEFINITIONS - Is there, can there, and should there be a consensus definition of presence? PRESENCE MEASUREMENT - How useful are presence questionnaires? PRESENCE CAUSES - What is the relative importance of content and form factors in evoking presence? PRESENCE EFFECTS - What general conclusions can we make about the effects of presence, e.g. on learning, performance, and usability? |
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Session 9: High Density/Poster Session + Demos
| 11.00 - 01.00 | Chair: Katheryn Maguire, Cleveland State University, USA |
| This is the second of two panels utilizing a new format for the PRESENCE Workshops: Each presenter will first describe their work in 5 minutes (with the time limit strictly enforced) and then attendees will visit posters and demonstrations corresponding to each presentation to learn more from the authors through informal discussions. Refreshments will be served throughout the session. | |
| Haptic thermal
interface: A new technology for supporting presence in multimodal
virtual environments? Chang Nam, University of Arkansas, USA |
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"I
don’t like William touching my belly": Gender differences in
affective responses to mediated social touch Christann de Nood, Antal Haans, and Wijand IJsselsteijn, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands |
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The effects of
presence and tactile illusion on consumers' attitudes and intentions: The
mediating role of mental imagery and the moderators' effects Yung Kyun Choi, Dongguk University, South Korea |
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| An exploration of clinicians' sense of presence in critical
care telemedicine Leila Alem, Susan Hansen, and Jane Li, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia |
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| Presence after death Matthew Lombard and Melissa E. Selverian, Temple University, USA |
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| When mixing physical presence and telepresence:
Analysis of a pilot study Cara Stitzlein and Leila Alem, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia |
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| Demonstration: Presence considerations in music production Jack Klotz and Matthew Lombard, Temple University, USA |
Session 10: Applying Presence II: Project Descriptions
| 02.15 - 03.15 | Chair: Melissa Selvarian, Temple University, USA |
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Building tele-presence
framework for performing robotic surgical procedures Peter Panfilov, Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, Russia Frank Cardullo and Harold Lewis III, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA |
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VICC: Virtual
Incident Command Center Julius Gyorfi, Eric Buhrke, Mark Tarlton, Juan Lopez, and George Valliath, Motorola, USA |
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Interactive
simulation technologies for communication disorders |
Session 11: Presence Effects: The Good and the Bad
| 03.30 - 04.30 | Chair: Yung Kyun Choi, Dongguk University, South Korea |
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The effects of fully immersed virtual
reality on the learning of physical tasks Kayur Patel, University of Washington, USA Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University, USA Sang-Hack Jung, University of California at Berkeley, USA Rosen Diankov, University of California at Berkeley, USA Ruzena Bajcsy, University of California at Berkeley, USA |
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| Examining the
relationship between violent video games, presence, and aggression Kristine Nowak, Marina Krcmar, and Kirstie M. Farrar, University of Connecticut, USA |
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| Walk a mile in digital shoes: The impact
of embodied perspective-taking on the reduction of negative stereotyping in immersive virtual environments Nick Yee and Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University |
Session 12: Synthesis and Closing
| 04.30 - 05.15 | Chairs: Cheryl Campanella Bracken, Conference Co-Chair Matthew Lombard, Conference Co-Chair; President, ISPR |