This document discusses virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), comparing how VR blocks out the real world while AR paints over it. It outlines six common factors that can break a user's sense of presence in VR - motion sickness, unintuitive interactions, intensity, unrealistic audio, disconnect between visual and proprioceptive feedback, and lack of identity. It also lists six techniques that can help build presence, such as hand presence, social presence, familiarity, realistic audio, alignment of visual and proprioceptive cues, and using comedy.

1. VR/AR Tips
Jesse Schell

2. VR is Not New

11. Virtual Reality vs. Augmented Reality
VR blocks out the world AR paints over the world

15. PRESENCE

17. Six Common
Presence Breakers

21. Breaker 1: Motion Sickness
1. Keep Framerate > 60 fps
2. Avoid Virtual Camera Motion
3. Don’t Accelerate / Decelerate
4. Hide the Edges

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23. Breaker 1: Motion Sickness
1. Keep Framerate > 60 fps
2. Avoid Virtual Camera Motion
3. Don’t Accelerate / Decelerate
4. Hide the Edges
5. Teleport Sparingly
6. Keep the Horizon Level

24. Breaker 2: Unintuitive Interactions

25. Breaker 3: Too Intense

26. Breaker 4: Unrealistic Audio

27. Breaker 5: Proprioceptive Disconnect

28. Breaker 6: Lack of Identity

30. Six Presence Builders

31. Builder 1: Hand Presence

32. Builder 2: Social Presence

33. Builder 3: Familiarity

34. Builder 4: Realistic Audio

35. Builder 5: Proprioceptive
Alignment

36. Builder 6: Comedy

37. Whiteboxing

38. Brownboxing?

39. #Brownboxing

40. 1. Motion Sickness
2. Unintuitive Interactions
3. Intensity Overload
4. Unrealistic Audio
5. Proprioceptive
Disconnect
6. Lack of Identity
1. Hand Presence
2. Social Presence
3. Familiarity
4. Realistic Audio
5. Proprioceptive
Alignment
6. Comedy
Presence Breakers Presence Builders

41. Thanks!
Twitter: @jesseschell
Email: jesse@schellgames.com