The strength of sense of immersion positively correlates with vection strength(<Special issue>VR Psychology VI)

Abstract

We examined the relationship between the degree of sense of immersion (one aspect of our human personality) and visually induced self-motion perception (vection). A psychological experiment using radially expanding patterns that induced self-motion perception was conducted, followed by an assessment of the sense of immersion. The participants rated the level of general applicability by answering simple four questions. Also they rated their level of immersion to vection by answering other 18 simple questions. We found that vection strength correlated positively with the degree of the sense of immersion but not with the level of immersion to vection itself.