Public speaking in virtual reality: Audience design and speaker experiences

1 Introduction 1 1.1 Motivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 Main Research Question and Hypothesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3 Research Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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