From: psotka@alexandria-emh2.army.mil (PSOTKA, JOSEPH)
Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
Subject: INFO?: Immersion Questionnaire
Date: 11 Nov 92 03:08:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov11.040100.18542
Organization: University of Washington
Originator: hlab@stein.u.washington.edu


Several of you very graciously answered my previous questionnaire.
After a little analysis it became obvious that it would be very helpful
to have  a short description of the kind of equipment you were using to
immerse yourself.  So in the hope that some more of you all will respond,
here is the questionnaire again, with some small changes:


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                     IMMERSION QUESTIONNAIRE
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Please answer these questions.  They are intended to provide us some
insight into the process of "immersion" and the nature of "presence".    If
you have already had some VR experience, please answer the second part
too, but first indicate what kind of equipment you used and how often you
have had direct experience of VR:
Equipment:  ______________________________________________
Frequency of Experiencing VR:
#times_____________#hours:___________


A questionnaire to try to measure someone's susceptibility to
experiencing a pleasurable immersion into VR.

1.  Do you dream in color?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

2.  How realistic do you think this experience will be visually?
PhotoReal  LikeMovies  LikeTV  LikeComics  Blurred

3.  Do you feel claustrophobic or uneasy in small spaces?
 Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

4.  When you speak in public, how self-conscious do you feel?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

5.  How often have you cried watching a good, sad movie?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

6.  How engrossing is a good book?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

7.  How often have you stayed up late to finish a good book?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

8.  How often do you daydream?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

9.  Can you read  in a moving car, boat, or plane?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

10.  Can you tell where you are when some one else is driving?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

11.  How important is it to be completely in control?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

12.  How often have people told you they called your name and you have no
recollection of hearing them while watching TV, or reading a book?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

A questionnaire to try to measure the depth of someone's  immersion into
VR.

1.  When you removed the Head mounted display, how surprised were you at
the direction you were facing?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

2.  During the immersion how aware were you of the direction you faced in
the real world?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

3.  How often did you think of the other person(s) in the real world with
you?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

4.  How much more enjoyable would it have been to have the immersion
experience with no one else in the room?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

5.  How restricted was your movement by the VR devices?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

6.  How completely did you believe you were part of the virtual
environment?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

7.  When you turned your back on an object in the virtual environment, was
it still there?
Never  Seldom  Sometimes  Often  Always

8.  How flat and missing in depth did the world appear?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

9.  How woozy or nauseous do you feel after the experience?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

10.  How exhilarated do you feel after the experience?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All

10.  How disoriented do you feel after the experience?
Totally          A Lot   Somewhat       A Little        Not At All


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Thank you very much:
Joe psotka, Ph.D.