Collaborative Research: VOSS: Linking Collaborative Virtual Presence and Performance: Scale Development and Validation

该项目的重点是用于支持虚拟工作的协作虚拟环境（CVEs）的应用。CVE质量的度量是它创建用户的虚拟存在感（“在那里”的感觉）的程度。虚拟环境的设计者认为存在是一个理想的属性和目标，加上长期以来的信念，它与性能有关。然而，有有限的经验证据来支持这些观点，特别是在合作决策过程。在公司环境中，存在与CVE绩效之间的联系尤其重要，因为许多企业尚未确定开发或许可CVE所需的财务和人力资源投资是否有足够的回报。这个项目首先试图从理论上定义协作虚拟存在（CVP）的基本结构。然后，通过一系列基于团队的实验，涉及两个CVE，该项目旨在开发和验证一个量表，以感知测量CVP并将其与生理数据相关联。最后，本项目旨在评估本量利与绩效之间的关系。了解在线状态在虚拟企业协作过程中的作用是开发革命性技术的重要基础步骤，这些技术可以实现对创新和教育至关重要的有效团队互动。

This project focuses on the application of collaborative virtual environments (CVEs) used to support virtual work. A metric of the quality of a CVE is the degree to which it creates a sense of virtual presence (a sense of "being there") by the user. Designers of VEs consider presence to be a desirable attribute and goal, coupled with a longstanding belief that it is related to performance. However, there is limited empirical evidence to support these views, particularly in relation to collaborative decision processes. The link between presence and performance in a CVE is particularly relevant in a corporate context because many enterprises have yet to determine if there is sufficient return on the financial and human resource investments required to develop or license CVEs. This project first seeks to theoretically define the foundational construct of collaborative virtual presence (CVP). Then, via a series of team-based experiments involving two CVEs, the project aims to develop and validate a scale to perceptually measure CVP and correlate it to physiological data. Finally, the project aims to assess the relationship between CVP and performance. Understanding the role of presence in collaborative processes in CVEs is an important foundational step toward the development of revolutionary technologies for enabling effective team interactions that are fundamental to innovation and education.