Search for dissertations about: "co-presence"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 swedish dissertations containing the word co-presence.

2. 6. Framing Social Interaction in Shared Virtual Environments: The Influence of Technical and Social Factors

   Author : Ann-Sofie Axelsson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; virtual reality; presence; intercultural communication; communication media; computer games; social interaction; status differences; common ground;

   Abstract : Virtual Reality (VR) for multiple users is a new technology which is increasingly used for diverse purposes such as distributed collaborative work, visualization, and entertainment. Despite this, little is yet known about what kind of social interaction the technology generates. READ MORE

4. 7. Virtual reality exposure therapy for spider phobia

   Author : Alexander Miloff; Per Carlbring; Lena (Lotta) Reuterskiöld; Nexhmedin Morina; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Specific phobia; spider phobia; spider; fear; anxiety; virtual reality; exposure therapy; automated; alliance; psychometric; factor analysis; virtual therapist; RCT; randomized; non-inferiority; clinical trial; dissemination; 12-month follow-up; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Exposure therapy for specific phobia involving systematic and repeated presentation of an aversive stimuli or situation is a highly effective treatment for reducing fear and anxiety. Dissemination of this evidence-based treatment has proved challenging, however, and for over 20 years an alternative method of delivery using virtual reality technology has been explored with positive results. READ MORE

5. 8. Safety in the making : studies on the discursive construction of risk and safety in the chemical industry

   Author : Joel Rasmussen; Birgitta Höijer; Åsa Kroon Lundell; Mark Elam; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; safety; risk; occupational health and safety; organizations; chemical industry; discourse; discursive practices; discursive strategies; power; governmentality; responsibilization; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This compilation thesis aims to analyse how risk and safety are constructed, reproduced, and negotiated by communicative means in safety-critical workplaces. It conceptualizes these communicative moments of shaping and reshaping risk and safety as enmeshed in multiple forms of governing. READ MORE

6. 9. Measurement and Control of Metal Vapours during Fluidized Bed Combustion of Biomass Fuels

   Author : Khanh-Quang Tran; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SI detector; metal capture; sorbent; Aalkali capture; TQ impactor; GQ probe;

   Abstract : Increased combustion of biomass fuels for heat and power production has created a need to recycle nutrient elements in biomass ash to soils to make the biomass consumption sustainable. It is, however, difficult to recycle the total amount of biomass ash produced due to the high concentrations of heavy metals and their readily soluble forms in some ash fractions. READ MORE

7. 10. From HCI to HRI : Designing Interaction for a Service Robot

   Author : Helge Hüttenrauch; Kerstin Severinson Eklundh; Henrik I. Christensen; KTH; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Human-Computer Interaction; Human-Robot Interaction; Computer science; Datalogi;

   Abstract : Service robots are mobile, embodied artefacts that operate in co presence with their users. This is a challenge for human-robot interaction (HRI) design. The robot’s interfaces must support users in understanding the system’s current state and possible next actions. READ MORE