Evaluation Methods: Materials
Questionnaires for user testing
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A1: QUESTIONNAIRE ON PRESENCE AND REALISM (part 1)
Items 1-8 are rated on a 4-point scale: 0 (none) 1 (2-50%) 2 (50-75%) 3 (75-100%).
If one’s level of presence in the real world is 100%, rate your level of presence in this virtual world. (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
How strong was your sense of presence? (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
Did you feel you could reach into the virtual environment and grasp an object? (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
How realistic did the virtual world appear? (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
How realistic were depth and volume? (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
How realistic were the virtual world’s reactions to your actions? (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
When exploring the virtual space, did the objects appear too compressed or too magnified? (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
Did the virtual objects appear geometrically correct, did they seem to have the right size and distance in relation to yourself and other objects? (please encircle 0 1 2 3 )
A2: QUESTIONNAIRE ON PRESENCE AND REALISM (part 2)
The two items below are rated on a 5-point scale: Very satisfactory (5) Moderately satisfactory (4) Neutral (3) Moderately unsatisfactory (2) Very unsatisfactory (1)
Overall, how would you rate the sense of presence generated by the environment? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
Overall, how would you rate the degree of realism achieved by the virtual environment? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
B1: NOWAK QUESTIONNAIRE on co-presence
From here on, all items below can be rated on a 5-point scale where you:
1= Strongly disagree with the statement 2= Disagree 3= Neutral, please leave a short remark why 4= Agree 5= Strongly agree.
Items assessing perceived other’s copresence:
My interaction partner was intensely involved in our interaction. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner seemed to find our interaction stimulating. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner communicated coldness rather than warmth. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner created a sense of distance between us. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner seemed detached during our interaction. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner was unwilling to share personal information with me. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner made our conversation seem intimate. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner created a sense of distance between us (this item is identical to the fourth item of this scale, perhaps by mistake). (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner created a sense of closeness between us. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner acted bored by our conversation. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner was interested in talking to me. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
My interaction partner showed enthusiasm while talking to me. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
Items assessing self-reported copresence:
I did not want a deeper relationship with my interaction partner. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
I wanted to maintain a sense of distance between us. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
I was unwilling to share personal information with my interaction partner. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
I wanted to make the conversation more intimate. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
I tried to create a sense of closeness between us. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
I was interested in talking to my interaction partner. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
B2: SCHROEDER ET AL. QUESTIONNAIRE
All items are rated on a 5-point scale: (1= to a very small extent, 5= to a very high extent).
Items assessing collaboration:
To what extent did you experience that you and your partner collaborated? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
Think of some previous time (before today) when you enjoyed collaborating with someone. To what extent did you enjoy collaborating with your partner in today’s task? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
To what extent would you, on another occasion, like to carry out a similar task with your partner? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
Items assessing contribution to the task:
How would you estimate your and your partner’s share in solving the task? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
To what extent did you and your partner contribute to ….. (specific task)? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
Who talked the most, you or your partner? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
Items assessing presence:
To what extent did you have the experience of being in the same room as the cubes? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
When you think back on the task, to what extent can you have the experience right now that you are moving around in the room where the cubes were? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
To what extent did you experience the environment as a place you visited rather than something that you were looking at? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
Items assessing copresence:
To what extent did you have a sense of being in the same room as your partner? (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
When you continue to think back on the task, to what extent do you have a sense that you are together with your partner in the same room?’’. (please encircle 1 2 3 4 5 )
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