Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments

PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality is the longest-established peer-reviewed academic journal that is devoted to research into teleoperation and virtual environments (3D virtual reality worlds), PRESENCE: Virtual and Augmented Reality (previously PRESENCE: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments) is filled with stimulating material about fundamental research into topics such as presence, augmented reality, haptics, user interfaces, and virtual humans, and applications that range from heritage and education to training simulators, healthcare, and entertainment.

PRESENCE appeals to a wide audience that includes computer scientists, high-tech artists and media professionals, psychologists involved in the study of human-machine interfaces and sensorimotor/cognitive behavior, and mechanical and electrical engineers. In addition, the journal increasingly draws interest from researchers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences, particularly those exploring cyber-behaviour, digital identity, embodiment, virtual ethics, narrative theory, cultural representation, and the sociotechnical dynamics of immersive environments. Scholars from fields such as digital humanities, philosophy, media and cultural studies, anthropology, and sociology contribute valuable perspectives on how immersive technologies shape—and are shaped by—human experience, creativity, belief systems, and social structures. PRESENCE serves as a vital interdisciplinary platform for examining the evolving relationship between humans and mediated realities in both technical and cultural dimensions.

PRESENCE was founded in 1992 and is published online and in hard copy by the MIT Press. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 0.750.^[1]

• Eugene Ch'ng (Current)
• Albert “Skip” Rizzo
• Roy Ruddle
• Janet M. Weisenberger
• Mel Slater
• Nat Durlach

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