Measuring and defining the experience of immersion in games Export

@article{citeulike:3843087, abstract = {Despite the word's common usage by gamers and reviewers alike, it is still not clear what immersion means. This paper explores immersion further by investigating whether immersion can be defined quantitatively, describing three experiments in total. The first experiment investigated participants' abilities to switch from an immersive to a non-immersive task. The second experiment investigated whether there were changes in participants' eye movements during an immersive task. The third experiment investigated the effect of an externally imposed pace of interaction on immersion and affective measures (state anxiety, positive affect, negative affect). Overall the findings suggest that immersion can be measured subjectively (through questionnaires) as well as objectively (task completion time, eye movements). Furthermore, immersion is not only viewed as a positive experience: negative emotions and uneasiness (i.e. anxiety) also run high.}, author = {JENNETT,, C and COX,, A and CAIRNS,, P and DHOPAREE,, S and EPPS,, A and TIJS,, T and WALTON,, A}, citeulike-article-id = {3843087}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1393652.1393920}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.04.004}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1071581908000499}, doi = {10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.04.004}, issn = {10715819}, journal = {International Journal of Human-Computer Studies}, keywords = {hci, immersion, video-games}, month = {September}, number = {9}, pages = {641--661}, posted-at = {2009-02-11 16:21:27}, priority = {0}, title = {Measuring and defining the experience of immersion in games}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.04.004}, volume = {66}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3843087 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3843087 N2 - Despite the word's common usage by gamers and reviewers alike, it is still not clear what immersion means. This paper explores immersion further by investigating whether immersion can be defined quantitatively, describing three experiments in total. The first experiment investigated participants’ abilities to switch from an immersive to a non-immersive task. The second experiment investigated whether there were changes in participants’ eye movements during an immersive task. The third experiment investigated the effect of an externally imposed pace of interaction on immersion and affective measures (state anxiety, positive affect, negative affect). Overall the findings suggest that immersion can be measured subjectively (through questionnaires) as well as objectively (task completion time, eye movements). Furthermore, immersion is not only viewed as a positive experience: negative emotions and uneasiness (i.e. anxiety) also run high. IS - 9 JF - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies SN - 10715819 EP - 661 TI - Measuring and defining the experience of immersion in games VL - 66 SP - 641 KW - hci KW - immersion KW - video-games AU - JENNETT,, C AU - COX,, A AU - CAIRNS,, P AU - DHOPAREE,, S AU - EPPS,, A AU - TIJS,, T AU - WALTON,, A PY - 2008/09// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.04.004 ER -