[IEEE-bhpjobs] Friday, October 14th noon-1pm in room D106 LSRC

[Walter Heger]

	Visualization Friday Forum
Friday, October 14th noon-1pm in room D106 LSRC
	Lunch will be served

Speaker: Sharif Razzaque, Computer Science, UNC

The Use of Physiological Reaction in Virtual Environments

	A user's physiological signals, such as her heart rate and skin
conductance, can provide insight into how she is being affected by a
virtual environment(VE). Common measures of VE effectiveness include
the extent to which they  induce a sense of  presence (the feeling of
being "in" the virtual  scene) or co-presence (the feeling of being
with others).One hypothesis is that the more a VE seems real, the more
it evokes  physiological responses similar to those evoked by the
corresponding  real environment.
	I'll present several experiments that have measured physiological
signals during VE sessions, and used them as indicators of presence
and co-presence.  I'll discuss the results of those experiments, as
well as strategies and pitfalls related to the use of physiological
monitoring during VE experiences.
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The Visualization seminar series is a forum for faculty, staff and
students from across the university to share their research involving
the development and/or application of visualization methodologies.  Our
goal is to build an interdisciplinary community of visualization
experts
whose combined knowledge can facilitate research and promote
innovation.

The Friday Forum Fall 2005 Schedule is available at
http://vis.duke.edu/FridayForum/05Fall.html

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