generated an average score of 6. This score further supports the system's effectiveness.

Question 15, which determined how happy the participant thought their partner felt,

generated an average score of 7. This question assumes that the participants are strangers

(similar to questions 4, 6, and 7). All of the participants showed obvious signs of

enjoying the experience as evidenced by the average score of 7 (the maximum score) for

this question. Figures 4-2 to 4-6 detail the results of each questionnaire arranged by

study .

4.3.2 Lack of Presence Distracted the Actors

 The results of the presence questionnaire that was given to the second and third

study participants were average. Typical presence scoring involves adding a point for

each response of 6 or 7, however that would give only one participant (ID number 3) a

score above 0. According to Figure 4-5, the average of the responses for both studies

also generates a score of 0. Since the average responses were all between 3 and 5, it can

be said that the participants were only moderately engrossed in the environment. This

affected the experience by distracting the participant. Several participants mentioned the

experience would have been enhanced if they could see a representation of their hands on

the screen. Had each participant's sense of presence been higher, they might have

accepted the reality of acting with the character on the screen as opposed to feeling that

they were physically controlling a character that is acting with the character on the

screen. The following responses from the debriefing session were the basis for these

conclusions:

 *"It's kind of like a first-person shooter sort of game where you don't really see
 any of yourself; you just see what' s going on. It' s a little bit disorienting."