What is Presence

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“The perceptual illusion of non-mediation,” the sensation of ‘being there’ in the virtual space. Learn more in: Augmented Reality Framework for the Socialization between Elderly People

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Presence refers to the feeling of being in real life in a realistically designed virtual reality environment. Learn more in: Design Models for Developing Educational Virtual Reality Environments: A Systematic Review

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The information about the availability of a person for communication. It is more than just “online,” “off-line” and may include states like “present” “busy” “at meeting” “sleeping,” and so forth. Learn more in: Advanced Mobile Multimedia Services with IMS

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It determines the degree to which branding efforts are executed as well as consumer recognition and awareness. Learn more in: Family Business Firms' Branding: Managing Strategic Attributes That Influence Millennial Consumer Behavior

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The illusion of really being in the rendered virtual environment. Learn more in: Computer-Based Neuropsychological Rehabilitation: Virtual Reality and Serious Games

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Sense of feeling as if physically present in a virtual environment. Immersion is often used as a term when describing presence, but for the study presented here, immersion and flow describe two different phenomena. Learn more in: Surveying Games With a Combined Model of Immersion and Flow

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In terms of Virtual Reality, presence refers to a subjective feeling of being present in a 360° video or computer-generated environment. Learn more in: 360° Video as an Opportunity for the Inclusion of Product Placement

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A perceptual phenomenon that occurs when mediated experiences are treated as nonmediated experiences in some way. Learn more in: Self-Presence, Explicated: Body, Emotion, and Identity Extension into the Virtual Self

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A feeling of being in and of the virtual world, and the ignoring of physical world distractions. Learn more in: Design Process for Accessible Virtual Reality Learning Environments: A First Approach

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The sense of being in an environment. Philosphically, this can apply to any kind of environment. In digital environments, the degree to which users fail to acknowledge the mediation of technology. Learn more in: Creating Cultural Analogues in Virtual Communities through Branding

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The concept of being in the same space as another. Telepresence allows for presence through various technological tools, such as video conferencing, or meeting in virtual worlds. Learn more in: Theatre in Second Life® Holds the VR Mirror up to Nature

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The discourse, practices and technologies supporting the exposure of the states of presentities such that those states can be perceived by other agents in the network Learn more in: Presence in Social Networks

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The techniques for establishing and sustaining connection with learners who are otherwise separated by time and place. Three types of presence (i.e., social, teaching, and cognitive) describe the dynamic and complex nature of online learning, framed as a Community of Inquiry model ( Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2000 ). Learn more in: Integrative Course Design and Pedagogy to Humanize Online Learning: A Case Study

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A sense of “being there” with others, even though not physically in the same space. Learn more in: Perceptions of Presence and Community in Immersive Online Learning Environments

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A sense of being in a place at a given time. Learn more in: Caring in the Zone: Fostering Relationships in Virtual Learning Communities

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In this chapter, the term is used to mean the sense or “feeling” that other participants are copresent in online interaction. Learn more in: Locating Presence and Positions in Online Focus Group Text with Stance-Shift Analysis

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The understanding and experience of self and others in the virtual world, based on dialog with individuals, an exchange of ideas with a class, shared perspectives with individuals, groups, institutions, or the world. Presence builds upon Otto Scharmer’s research at MIT’s Presencing Institute. Learn more in: Cognitive Apprenticeship for Teaching Computer Science and Leadership in Virtual Worlds

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awareness information usually used in social networks and applications related with user’s status, position or activity. Learn more in: Connector: A Geolocated Mobile Social Service

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The psychological perception of being “there”, within a virtual environment in which the person is immersed. Learn more in: Teacher Training in 3D Virtual Worlds: Understanding Immersive Learning for Teaching Practices

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The feeling of being immersed in a game/media environment. Learn more in: Understanding Serious Gaming: A Psychological Perspective

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The feeling of really being in an artificial environment. Learn more in: Mediated Embodiment in New Communication Technologies

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The term presence refers to the extent to which somebody has the impression to be present in a mediated environment. Presence is a matter of the feeling of being there , i.e. the personal perception of an individual, which depends on the available sensory information, but also on this person’s control of attention, motivational factors and other mental processes. Learn more in: Virtual Reality 2.0 and Its Application in Knowledge Building

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Engagement within the environment, engagement with the subject matter, and availability for the learner. Learn more in: Teacher Presence

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In this chapter, the term is used to mean the sense or “feeling” that other participants are copresent in online interaction. Learn more in: Locating Presence and Positions in Online Focus Group Text with Stance-Shift Analysis

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The perception that what is perceived exists. Learn more in: Implementing Successful Online Learning Communities

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The sense of believing the digital assets of a VR application are real, by being able to interact with them almost as if they are real. Learn more in: Pedagogical Considerations for Successful Implementation of Virtual Reality in the Language Classroom

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The degree to which individuals believe that the virtual technology experience is “real” for them. Learn more in: Get in the GROOVE: Using a Virtual World to Promote Health

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The subjective perception of being in a virtual environment and living a realistic experience. Learn more in: Virtual Reality as Distraction Technique for Pain Management in Children and Adolescents