Cognitive Impact of Social Virtual Reality: Audience and Mere Presence Effect of Virtual Companions

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/hbet/volume-2023/6677789/figures/6677789.fig.009a.svgz" name="6677789.fig.009a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Present humanoid companion</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/hbet/volume-2023/6677789/figures/6677789.fig.009b.svgz" name="6677789.fig.009b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Present nonhumanoid companion</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static-preview.hindawi.com/articles/hbet/volume-2023/6677789/figures/6677789.fig.009c.svgz" name="6677789.fig.009c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Companion visually absent (none)</td></tr></table>

<div>The companion monitoring presence conditions, from the participant’s perspective within the immersive space.</div>

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Figure 9: Cognitive Impact of Social Virtual Reality: Audience and Mere Presence Effect of Virtual Companions 