| PRESENCE IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED ENVIRONMENTS: A SHORT REVIEW OF THE MAIN CONCEPTS, THEORIES, AND TRENDS ABSTRACT (2008) | |||||||||||||
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| Computer mediated environments present nowadays one of the key areas to the application and use of technology in work, leisure and education. It offers a number of opportunities to redesign the way we work, how we produce knowledge and collaborate with others. It also has some degree of influence in the way we manage information and perceive information generated by others. A number of e-applications that we must built need to be informed by a number of requirements that we can summarise as cognitive ones. Among these is the notion of presence. This paper presents an overview of the concept of Presence. This concept was proposed around 90s to describe “the sensation of being there ” in computer-mediated environments. It offers one of the many opportunities to explain how engaged people are with the use of technology. The authors introduce the notion of presence in order to address their impact on applications and the way it can be found | |||||||||||||
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