SPATIAL PRESENCE

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In the definitions under this heading, technology is explicitly not involved in the phenomenon; the phenomenon is a subjective property of an individual person; the source of the stimuli in the experience is external (outside the body); there is an accurate perceptioon that there is no technology involved in the experience; and the aspect of the phenonenon that is of primary interest is related to spaces and environments.

Sample defintion(s):

Steuer (1992):
“Presence can be thought of as the experience of one’s physical environment... Presence is defined as the sense of being in an environment” (p. 75) (vs. “telepresence is the extent to which one feels present in the mediated environment, rather than in the immediate physical environment. Telepresence is defined as the experience of presence in an environment by means of a communication medium” (p. 76)

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