Virtual reality

Presence studies

International Society for Presence Research

International Presence Workshop

Presence Research.org

Presence-Connect.com

Presence (MIT Press Journals)

http://www.presence-research.org/papers.html

http://www.vepsy.com/communication/volume5.html

OMNIPRES

Compendium of Presence Measures (updated 2004)

Appendix A. Questionnaire items

Appendix B. Measurement tools and resources

EU FP5 IST Presence Research Proactive initiative

STREPS (1998-2002)

Vepsy Project

VREPAR

ADAPT

BENOGO: Being There - Without Going

EMMA Engaging Media for Mental Health Applications

I-Learning - Imagery Enhanced Learning

MEC – Presence: Measurement, Effects, Conditions

OMNIPRES - Omnibus Presence Technology Assessment and Measurement Groups

PeLoTe - Building Presence through Localization for Hybrid Telematic Systems

POEMS - Perceptually Oriented Ego-Motion Simulation

PRESENCIA - Presence: Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, Neuroscience and Cognition, with Interactive Applications  

TDIS - Three-Dimensional Imaging System based on integral photography for precise simulation of 3d perception and enhancement of the telepresence effect

 Touch-Hapsys - Towards a Touching Presence: High-Definition Haptic

EU FP6 IST Presence Research Proactive Initiative Presence and Interaction in Mixed-Reality Environments (Presence II)

 FET Projects (2002-2006)

 IMMERSENCE

 IPCity

PASION: Phychologically Augmented Social Interaction Over Networks

PRESENCCIA

People

Matthew Lombard (President ISPR), Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media, Temple University, USA

http://astro.temple.edu/~lombard/research.html on-line papers: http://astro.temple.edu/~lombard/research.html, http://astro.temple.edu/~lombard/cv.html

Frank Biocca, ISPR , Media Interface and Network Design Lab (M.I.N.D. Lab), Michigan State University
USA

http://tc.msu.edu/people/dept/biocca.html, http://www.mindlab.org/cgi-bin/default.pl

Zena Biocca, ISPR, Media Interface and Network Design Lab (M.I.N.D. Lab), Telecommunications Department, Michigan State University, USA

Cheryl Campanella Bracken, ISPR, Department of Communication, Cleveland State University, USA

Jonathan Freeman, ISPR, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England

Feliz Ribeiro Gouveia, ISPR, Media Interface and Network Design Lab (M.I.N.D. Lab), University Fernando Pessoa, Portugal

Wijnand IJsselsteijn, ISPR, Media Interface and Network Design Lab (M.I.N.D. Lab), Human-Technology Interaction Group, Department of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Rita Lauria, ISPR, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, North Carolina A & T State University, USA

Timo Saari, ISPR, Media Interface and Network Design Lab (M.I.N.D. Lab), Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

Mel Slater, ISPR, Department of Computer Science, University College London, England 

Giuseppe Riva

Giuseppe Mantovani

Laboratories 

• Applied Technology for Neuro-psychology Lab http://www.atnplab.com/

• 3D-Matic Research Laboratory, University of Glasgow, UK
• Advanced Displays and Spatial Perceptions Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
• Advanced Interfaces Group, Manchester, UK

Advanced Interface Research Centre, University of Portsmouth, UK

• Advanced VR Research Centre, Loughborough University, UK
• ATR Human Information Processing (HIP) Lab, Japan
• BTexact Technologies, UK
• Collaborative Visual Computing Lab (CVC), University of Cape Town, South-Africa
• Columbia University Computer Graphics and UI Lab, USA
• Communications Research Group, University of Nottingham, UK
• Communication Technology Laboratory, Michigan State University, USA
• Electronic Visualisation Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
• ETC-Lab, University of Toronto, Canada
• GVU Center, Georgia Tech, College of Computing, USA
• Hirose Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Human Factors for Telerobots, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, USA
• Human-Technology Interaction Group, Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Immersive Virtual Environments Laboratory (CAVE Lab), University College London, UK
• Institute for Applied Information Technology, GMD-FIT, Germany
• IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• ITC Immersive TV Lab, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
• Media Interface and Network Design Labs, USA
• Microsoft Telepresence Research, USA
• MIT MediaLab, USA
  • Affective Computing Group
  • Interactive Cinema Group
  • Sociable Media Group
  • Synthetic Characters Group
  • Tangible Media Group
• MIT TouchLab, USA
• MUSE Research Group, Umeå University, Sweden
• NASA Space Telerobotics Program, USA
• POSTECH VR Laboratory, Korea
• RE-FLEX Flexible Reality Centre, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden
• Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
• Telepresence Research Group, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA
• Temple University, USA
• Transparent Telepresence Research Group (TTRG), University of Strathclyde, UK
• Virtual Applications, Systems and Environments Laboratory (VASE Lab), University of Essex, UK
• Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics Group, University College London, UK
• Virtual Environments and Teleoperation (VETO) Lab, University of Utah, USA
• Virtual Environments Division, GMD-IMK, Germany
• Virtual Environments Laboratory, Northeastern University, USA
• Virtual Environments Laboratory, West Virginia University, USA
• Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University
• Virtual Reality Applications Research Team (VIRART), University of Nottingham, UK
• Virtual Reality Laboratory, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Virtual Space Exploration Lab, Center for Design Research, Stanford University, USA
• Virtual Systems Laboratory, Gifu University, Japan

Augmented reality

MIRALAB

Virtual drama

Oz project
Zoesis

Second Life

BBC

http://search.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?scope=all&edition=i&q=second+life&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=go

CNN

http://search.cnn.com/search.jsp?query=second%20life&type=news&sortBy=date&intl=false

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/11/13/second.life.university/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/11/17/2nd_life_cars/index.html

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364581/index.htm

http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/09/technology/fastforward_secondlife.fortune/index.htm

The Economist

http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7963538

http://www.economist.com/world/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9472498

http://www.economist.com/surveys/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6794220

CNETNews.com

http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-6199285.html

http://news.com.com/Democrat+politico+ventures+into+Second+Life/2100-1028_3-6147432.html

Repubblica

 http://localsearch.kataweb.it/searchbin/repSearch.pl?orderby=1&filter=1&cut=1000&q=&string=&pub=times&lr=&=&query1=second+life

Corriere della sera 

http://sitesearch.corriere.it/searchresults.jsp

 http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2007/06_Giugno/06/second_life_pedofilia.shtml

http://www.opiniaoenoticia.com.br/interna.php?id=10407&gclid=CJL7oseu2Y0CFSU5XgodciJGeA