Experience based on external and/or internally generated stimuli

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The definitions under this heading can involve technology or not involve technology; the phenomenon is a subjective property of an individual person; and the source of the stimuli in the experience is external, i.e., impingements on the senses from the physical world outside the body and/ or internal, i.e., controlled or automatic mental processes generated inside the body (specifically the brain), that result in remembering a vivid experience, dreaming, daydreaming, etc.

Sample defintion(s):

Biocca (2003):
"Biocca (2003) identifies three poles at which presence may be maximised – in the real world, in a virtual world, and in an internal mental world." (Waterworth & Waterworth, 2003, Introduction, citing Biocca, F (2003). Can we resolve the book, the physical reality, and the dream state problems? Presentation at EU Presence Research Conference. Venice, Italy. May 7.)

Heeter (2003):
"Presence is reacting to the external world or what seems like the external world, as it happens." (p. 343); "What does presence have to do with technology? Nothing." (p. 344)

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