Research Article
Cognitive Impact of Social Virtual Reality: Audience and Mere Presence Effect of Virtual Companions
Table 2
The means (
) and standard errors (
) of reaction times (RT, milliseconds) for all the levels by each factor.
| Companions agency | Companion visual presence | Monitoring | Difficulty | | |
| Human | None | Monitored | Easy | 1574.08 | 64.26 | | | Difficult | 2077.51 | 70.04 | | Not monitored | Easy | 1496.83 | 63.14 | | | Difficult | 2017.70 | 72.33 | Present | Monitored | Easy | 1590.04 | 64.26 | Nonhumanoid | | Difficult | 2011.51 | 70.04 | | Not monitored | Easy | 1562.18 | 63.14 | | | Difficult | 1943.01 | 72.33 | Present | Monitored | Easy | 1762.29 | 66.12 | Humanoid | | Difficult | 2237.10 | 72.07 | | Not monitored | Easy | 1702.37 | 64.97 | | | Difficult | 2204.80 | 74.43 |
| AI | None | Monitored | Easy | 1697.76 | 66.12 | | | Difficult | 2156.81 | 72.07 | | Not monitored | Easy | 1678.91 | 64.97 | | | Difficult | 2138.99 | 74.43 | Present | Monitored | Easy | 1639.89 | 66.12 | Nonhumanoid | | Difficult | 1940.44 | 72.07 | | Not monitored | Easy | 1548.28 | 64.97 | | | Difficult | 1900.82 | 74.43 | Present | Monitored | Easy | 1726.71 | 68.15 | Humanoid | | Difficult | 2077.25 | 74.29 | | Not monitored | Easy | 1731.60 | 66.97 | | | Difficult | 2052.64 | 76.72 |
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