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Sense of Virtual Place (SOVP): Conceptual Exploration and Initial Empirical Validation

2017 Vipin Arora Deepak Khazanchi

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2017

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Overview

In this article, we introduce the notion of “Sense of Virtual Place” (SOVP) and explore the factors affecting it. We argue that SOVP can act as a surrogate for user engagement in virtual environments. We develop and validate a SOVP measure, adapting from a widely used measure of Sense of Place (SOP) in the academic disciplines of environmental and social psychology.