Immersion in Computer Games: The Role of Spatial Presence and Flow

Table 4

Presence and Flow: principal axis factoring*.

Factor		1	2
A priori classification	Item
	Somehow I felt that the virtual world surrounded me.	.052	.605
	I felt like I was just perceiving pictures (inverse coded).	.139	.286
Presence	I did not feel present in the virtual space (inverse coded).	.007	.408
	I had a sense of acting in the virtual space, rather than operating something from outside.	.045	.814
	I felt present in the virtual space.	.063	.904
	I knew what I had to do each step of the way.	.542	.020
	The right thoughts/movements occurred of their own accord.	.724	.084
	I felt that I had everything under control.	.734	.064
	I had no difficulty concentrating.	.567	.098
	My mind was completely clear.	.723	.086
Flow	My thoughts/activities were running fluidly and smoothly.	.885	.146
	I was totally absorbed in what I was doing.	.362	.111
	I felt just the right amount of challenge.	.287	−.001
	I was completely lost in thought.	.335	.015
	I did not notice the time passing.	.298	.123
% of variance explained		24.7	18.0

*Rotation method: varimax with Kaiser normalisation.
Note: values less than 0.4 are suppressed.