Subliminal/Unaware Cues and Perception of Presence in Virtual, Telepresence, and Automotive Environments

摘要

This special issue focuses on the role of a special category of sensory cues in the sense of "presence": subliminal and unaware sensory stimuli in virtual environments (VE). Since mediated environments such as VE allow full control of the sensory stimuli, VE-based studies of the relations between unaware stimuli and human responses might have a major contribution to the methodology of consciousness research. The approach of subliminal information transmission is mostly based on the availability of suitable mobile and lightweight hardware components (e.g., see-through eyeglasses, vibrotactile belts or small transducers integrated into the person's clothing, small and wireless operating earphones, scent dispersers, etc.).