The Influence of Rendering Quality on Presence And Task Performance in a Virtual Environment

  • Authors:
  • Paul Zimmons;Abigail Panter

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • VR '03 Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality 2003
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This user study investigated how rendering qualitycontributes to the sense of presence and level of taskperformance of participants in a virtual environment. Fifty-fiveparticipants performed the task of dropping fourobjects in a two-room, virtual environment which wasdrawn with varying degrees of texture and lighting quality.Their physiological reactions were measured along withtheir accuracy at dropping objects onto a target. Inaddition, a series of questionnaires were administered toexamine the participant's subjective sense of presence andobject recall. An increase in physiological response,particularly heart rate, was demonstrated across allrendering conditions. Gender differences were noted inphysiological responses, spatial ability tests, and simulatorsickness questionnaires.