Questionnaire on Experiences in Virtual Worlds

S U R V E Y O N E X P E R I E N C E S
I N V I R T U A L W O R L D S

IPQ. An igroup project

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Thank you for your interest in our survey. It'll take you about 20 - 30 minutes to fill in the questionnaire. You can work through the questionnaire offline, but in order to submit the results at the end you'll have to be online.

Please answer all question only with reference to one single episode of interaction with a virtual environment.

How long did you interact with the virtual world?

min

Which video hardware did you use? (Choose the appropriate category.)

What audio output was available?

What type of software did you use?

What was your perspective onto the virtual world ? (In the case of changing perspectives, please describe the one most frequently used.)

"Through the eyes of my own character", so called first-person perspective
"behind/above my character", so called third-person perspective

Were there other real persons within the virtual environment besides yourself?

no
yes, but I did not interact with them
yes, and I did interact with them

Were there artificial characters (e.g. computer game opponents) within the virtual environment?

no
yes, but I did not interact with them
yes, and I did interact with them

Now you'll see some statements about experiences. Please indicate, whether or not each statement applies to your experience. If a question is not relevant to the virtual environment you used, just skip it. You can use the whole range of answers. There are no right or wrong answers, only your opinion counts.

You will notice that some questions are very similar to each other. This is necessary for statistical reasons . And please remember: Answer all these questions only referring to this one experience.

How aware were you of the real world surrounding while navigating in the virtual world? (i.e. sounds, room temperature, other people, etc.)?
extremely aware								not aware at all
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3
	moderately aware							64/inv1/0

How real did the virtual world seem to you?
completely real								not real at all
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	48/real1/1

I had a sense of acting in the virtual space, rather than operating something from outside.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	31/sp4/2

How much did your experience in the virtual environment seem consistent with your real world experience ?
not consistent								very consistent
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3
	moderately consistent							7/real2/3

How real did the virtual world seem to you?
about as real as an imagined world								indistinguishable from the real world
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	59/real3/4

I did not feel present in the virtual space.
did not feel								felt present
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	28/sp3/5

I was not aware of my real environment.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	37/inv2/6

In the computer generated world I had a sense of "being there"
not at all								very much
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	62/g1/7

Somehow I felt that the virtual world surrounded me.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	44/sp1/8

I felt present in the virtual space.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	33/sp5/9

I still paid attention to the real environment.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	40/inv3/10

The virtual world seemed more realistic than the real world.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	47/real4/11

I felt like I was just perceiving pictures.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	30/sp2/12

I was completely captivated by the virtual world.
fully disagree								fully agree
	-3	-2	-1	0	+1	+2	+3	38/inv4/13

Finally some demographic questions:

Your age:

Your gender: : female, male
Do you have additional comments?

Please make sure that your computer is online , before you submit the data.

Questionnaire last built Thursday, May 04, 2000 23:05:25