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Investigating the Effects of Embodiment on Presence in Stressful Immersive Virtual Environments using Physiological Monitoring
Abstract: This paper presents an experiment using physiological monitoring of heart rate
and galvanic skin response to investigate the effects of a fully tracked human avatar
representation on presence in immersive virtual environments (IVEs). The experiments will
compare participants' physiological reactions in a high fidelity virtual replica of the room
occupied and their reactions to a stressful model of the room with the floor removed except for
a narrow bridge.