How Can We Determine if the Sense of Presence Affects Task Performance?
Robert B. Welch · PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality · 1999
The question of whether the sense of presence in virtual environments (or telepresence with respect to teleoperator systems) is causally related to task performance remains un-answered because the appropriate studies have yet to be carried out. In this brief report, the author describes a strategy for resolving this issue and the results of a pilot study in which this strategy was implemented.