The Place Probe: Exploring a Sense of Place in Real and Virtual Environments

Benyon, David; Smyth, Michael; O'Neill, Shaleph; McCall, Roderick; Carroll, Fiona

doi:10.1162/pres.15.6.668

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“…The questionnaire was based on the MEC spatial presence questionnaire [22] with sections added to reflect the game experience within TimeWarp in particular to reflect whether people felt more present within the real, virtual or blend of the elements. The questionnaire was also extended to include measurements for social presence and place, these were drawn from the place probe [3] and Bailenson social presence questionnaire [2]. The questionnaire data proved to be the least useful within the study due to the confusing terminology and the iterative nature of the system being tested.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Guidelines for designing augmented reality games

Wetzel¹,

McCall²,

Braun³

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Future Play: Research, Play, Share

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The growing popularity of augmented reality (AR) games in both a research and more recently commercial context has led for a need to take a closer look at design related issues which impact on player experience. While issues relating to this area have been considered, to date most of the emphasis has been on the technology aspects. Furthermore it is almost always assumed that the augmented reality element in itself will provide a sufficient experience for the player. This has led to a need to evaluate what makes a successful augmented reality game.In this paper we present a set of design guidelines which are drawn from experiences of three mixed reality games. The guidelines provide specific guidance on relationships between real and virtual space, social interaction, use of AR technologies, maintaining consistent themes and implicitly address higher level aspects such as presence within a particular augmented reality place.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Guidelines for designing augmented reality games

Wetzel¹,

McCall²,

Braun³

et al. 2008

Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Future Play: Research, Play, Share

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“…Audio is used at various points throughout the game either to provide narrative or instructions, or to indicate proximity to a game element. TimeWarp used a triangulation approach to collecting data based on a modified version MEC spatial presence questionnaire (Vorderer et al, 2004), the place probe (Benyon, Smyth, O'Neill, McCall, & Carrol, 2006) in combination with a direct observation approach from the IPerG project, limited video analysis and postexperience interviews. The main objectives were to explore where people felt present during the experience, whether more in the real or more in the virtual elements, and which aspects gave rise to these changes.…”

Section: Timewarp-a Mobile Mixed Reality Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The remainder of the questionnaire focused on their sense of presence toward other players, non-game participants, or nonplayer characters, and was based on the Bailenson et al (2001) social presence questionnaire. Additional qualitative questions were added to explore aspects of place and were drawn from the place probe (Benyon et al, 2006).…”

Section: Timewarp-a Mobile Mixed Reality Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

On the Role of Presence in Mixed Reality

Wagner

Broll

Jacucci

et al. 2009

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

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Previous paradigms for presence research were primarily established in the context of virtual reality (VR). The objective of this paper is to introduce a new agenda for research on presence suitable for the domain of mixed reality (MR). While established assumptions and methods of presence research from VR are applicable to MR experiences, we argue that they are not necessarily meaningful or informative. Specifically, a shift of attention is needed away from psycho-physiological studies coming from a laboratory experiment tradition, toward an ecological-cultural approach that is applicable in real world situations and relies on ethnographic rather than fully controlled methods. We give a series of examples taken from the work on the European integrated research project IPCity, and discuss the implications of our findings.

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“…In section 3 of the chapter we introduce the characteristics of The Place Probe. Details of how this instrument was designed are described in (Benyon, Smyth, O'Neill, McCall and Carroll, 2006). The Place Probe was to inform the design of future virtual environments through the development of Patterns of Place.…”

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confidence: 99%