Research Article

A Presence- and Performance-Driven Framework to Investigate Interactive Networked Music Learning Scenarios

Table 2

Statistics of the answers to the postexperiment questionnaire.

QuestionMedianMeanStd

(1) Involvement and connectedness
(1.1) In the remote environment, I had a sense of “being there.”3.54.171.77
(1.2) The sense of playing in the remote environment was compelling.5.04.501.50
(1.3) I had a sense of playing in the remote environment, rather than performing something from outside.4.03.801.17
(1.4) How aware were you of the real world surroundings around you during the performance?4.54.001.91
(1.5) How completely were you able to actively survey the musical environment using vision?4.03.831.57
(1.6) How completely were you able to actively survey the musical environment using audition?5.04.670.94
(1.7) The delay affected the sense of involvement.4.54.001.63

(2) Coherence
(2.1) The musical interaction in the remote environment seemed natural.5.05.000.82
(2.2) The environment was responsive to actions that I performed.4.04.001.83
(2.3) How much did your musical experience in the remote environment seem consistent with your real world experiences?4.04.401.36
(2.4) I was able to anticipate the musical outcome in response to my performance in the remote environment.5.05.001.00
(2.5) The environment was responsive to actions performed by my partner.4.54.251.48
(2.6) How realistic did the remote environment seem to you?4.54.330.75
(2.7) I was able to anticipate the musical outcome in response to the performance by my partner in the remote environment4.03.831.21
(2.8) It was difficult to cope with the distance performance.4.03.831.57

(3) Interface awareness and quality
(3.1) How well could you concentrate on the music performance rather than on the mechanisms required to perform?5.55.001.53
(3.2) How aware were you of the display and control devices/mechanism?4.04.001.10
(3.3) How much did the visual display quality interfere or distract from performing?3.03.171.21
(3.4) How much did the auditory display quality interfere or distract from performing?6.05.171.46
(3.5) How much delay did you experience between your actions and expected outcomes?4.54.331.60

(4) Quality of the immersion
(4.1) The visual representation made me feel involved in the remote environment.3.03.330.94
(4.2) The auditory representation made me feel involved in the remote environment.4.04.001.73
(4.3) I felt involved in the remote environment experience.5.04.600.49

(5) Quality of the music performance
(5.1) How quickly did you adjust to the experience of playing in the remote environment?4.54.171.67
(5.2) It was easy to cope with the delay to adjust the quality of the performance.3.53.331.25
(5.3) How proficient in remote music playing did you feel at the end of the experience?5.04.671.89
(5.4) The delay affected the quality of my performance.5.04.331.80

Postrepetition items are highlighted in italics.