# Virtual Reality: How Much Immersion Is Enough? ## Overview **Authors:** Doug A. Bowman, Ryan P. McMahan **Publication Date:** 13 August 2007 **Link:** [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4287241]() **Keywords:** 3D visualization, virtual reality, immersion **Type:** Peer-Reviewed Journals/White Papers ## Summary Solid evidence of virtual reality's benefits has graduated from impressive visual demonstrations to producing results in practical applications. Further, a realistic experience is no longer immersion's sole asset. Empirical studies show that various components of immersion provide other benefits - full immersion is not always necessary. The goal of immersive virtual environments (VEs) was to let the user experience a computer-generated world as if it were real - producing a sense of presence, or "being there," in the user's mind. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://library.xrguild.org/current-peer-reviewed-immersive-technologies/virtual-reality-how-much-immersion-is-enough.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.