Table 1.

Descriptions of the four different test conditions.

Sensory inputs (condition)	Devices used	Condition description
Audiovisual (AV)	Head-Mounted Display & Noise-Cancelling Headphones	Participants received both the 360° video and corresponding sound through the head-mounted display and noise-cancelling headphones
Auditory only (A only)	Noise-Cancelling Headphones Only	Participants received only the audio through the noise-cancelling headphones without wearing the head-mounted display
Visual only (V only)	Head-Mounted Display Only	Participants received only the 360° video visually through the head-mounted display without wearing the noise-cancelling headphones
Control	No Head-Mounted Display & No Noise-Cancelling Headphones	Participants did not receive any video or sound and did not wear the head-mounted display nor the noise-cancelling headphones. Participants were not blindfolded and did not wear earplugs.