All Outputs (4)

Creating a sense of place with a deliberately constrained virtual environment (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Burrows, L. (2013). Creating a sense of place with a deliberately constrained virtual environment. International Journal of Cognitive Performance Support, 1, 54-68. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCPS.2013.053554

This study took as its starting point the premise that a high degree of realism is not a necessary condition for the creation of a ‘sense of place’ in mediated experiences such as those presented through virtual reality. A sense of place is the sense... Read More about Creating a sense of place with a deliberately constrained virtual environment.

How we cope with digital technology (2013)
Book
Turner, P. (2013). How we cope with digital technology. Morgan & Claypool Publishers

Digital technology has become a defining characteristic of modern life. Almost everyone uses it, we all rely on it, and many of us own a multitude of devices. What is more, we all expect to be able to use these technologies "straight out the box." Th... Read More about How we cope with digital technology.

The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2013). The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates. AI & society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-013-0491-x

Presence research can tell us why we feel present in the real world and can experience presence while using virtual reality technology (and movies and games) but has strikingly less to say on why we feel present in the scenes described in a book. Jus... Read More about The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates.

How we cope with digital technology. (2013)
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2013). How we cope with digital technology. Synthesis lectures on human-centered informatics, 6(3), 1-109. https://doi.org/10.2200/S00519ED2V01Y201307HCI018

Digital technology has become a defining characteristic of modern life. Almost everyone uses it, we all rely on it, and many of us own a multitude of devices. What is more, we all expect to be able to use these technologies “straight out the box.” Th... Read More about How we cope with digital technology..