Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
  • Overview
• Literature Review
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to Presence
  • Area I: Presence Measures
    • Overview of Psychological Measures
    • Class A Presence Measures
    • Class B Presence Measures
    • Physiological Presence Measures
    • Threshold and Multi-Modal Nulling Measures
  • Area II: Presence Manipulations
    • Foreground Occlusions
    • The Foreground Occlusion Effect
    • Inside-Out Displays
  • Area III: Motion Sickness
• Introduction to the Research
  • Introduction
  • The Rest Frame Construct
  • Implications of the Rest Frame Construct
    • The Importance of the Visual Background
    • Six Types of Spatial ``Illusions''
    • The Presence Hypothesis and Presence Measures
    • The Importance of Foreground Occlusions
    • A Technique for Reducing Simulator Side-Effects
  • Division of the Research
  • Guide to the Experiments
  • Experimental Configurations
    • Area I: Presence Measures
    • Area II: Presence Manipulations
    • Area III: Motion Sickness
  • Equipment
    • Computer Software and Hardware Platforms
    • Driving Simulator
    • Head-Mounted Displays
    • Rotating Chair
    • Balance Platform
    • Foreground Occlusions
  • General Methods and Measures
    • Presence Questionnaire
    • Embedded Figures Test
    • Simulator Sickness Questionnaire
    • The PEST Convergence Procedure
• Area I: Presence Measures
  • Introduction
  • General Methods
    • Overview of the Visual-Inertial Nulling Measure
    • Overview of the Reported Presence Measure
  • Experiment AIE1: Narrow Field-of-View (Reported Presence)
    • Introduction
    • Summary
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
  • Experiment AIE2: Meaningful/Random
    • Introduction
    • Summary
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
    • Conclusion
• Area II: Presence Manipulations
  • Introduction
  • Experiment AIIE1: Foreground Occlusions and Reported Presence I
    • Introduction
    • Summary
    • Methods
  • Experiment AIIE2: Foreground Occlusions and Reported Presence II
    • Introduction
    • Summary
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
  • Inside-Out Displays and Foreground Occlusions
• Area III: Motion Sickness
  • Introduction
  • Experiment AIIIE1: Independent Visual Background for Low-End Systems I
    • Introduction
    • Summary
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
  • Experiment AIIIE2: Independent Visual Background for Low-End Systems II
    • Introduction
    • Summary
    • Methods
    • Results
    • Discussion
  • General Discussion
• General Discussion
  • Introduction
  • Area I: Presence Measures
  • Area II: Presence Manipulations
  • Area III: Motion Sickness
  • Selected Rest Frames and Cognition
• Future Research
  • Introduction
  • Area I: Presence Measures
    • Improved Equipment
    • Individual Variation
    • A Possible Induced Motion Measure
    • Anchor Effect
    • Application to Interface Issues
  • Area II: Presence Manipulations
  • Area III: Motion Sickness
• Conclusion
  • Overview
• Bibliography
• CogE1: The Influence of Meaning on Presence
• Area I Pilot Studies: Visual-Inertial Nulling Presence Measures
  • Initial Pilot Studies
  • Pilot Studies Related to Experiment AIE1
• Area II Pilot Studies: Foreground Occlusions
  • Foreground Occlusions Increase Presence
  • Inside-Out Display Pilot Studies
• Area III Pilot Studies: Motion Sickness
• Foreground Occlusions and Binocular Rivalry
• Simulator Sickness Terminology
• Simulator Sickness Questionnaire