Social engagement and user immersion in a socially based virtual world
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Highlights：
• We assess social engagement and spatial exploration in a virtual environment.
• We examine predictors of user reported immersion in a virtual environment.
• Social engagement is positively associated with user reported immersion.
• Spatial exploration is negatively associated with user reported immersion.
• Highly controllable virtual environments should include a social component.
摘要
•We assess social engagement and spatial exploration in a virtual environment.•We examine predictors of user reported immersion in a virtual environment.•Social engagement is positively associated with user reported immersion.•Spatial exploration is negatively associated with user reported immersion.•Highly controllable virtual environments should include a social component.
论文关键词：Virtual world,Avatar,Exploratory behavior,Immersion,Online,Social interaction
论文评审过程：Available online 8 May 2014.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.008
