Extended reality is an umbrella term used to describe three computer-generated
technologies including virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. Extended reality …

Virtual reality (VR) has garnered the interest of many scientific communities over the last
decade. One promising track of research lies in VR exposure therapy (VRET), where …

This paper describes an experiment to assess the anxiety responses of people giving 5 min.
presentations to virtual audiences consisting of eight male avatars. There were three …

In the 1982 movie Tron, a computer-game designer named Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) is
literally zapped into the electronic game world he created. In this environment, he gets to …

What happens when someone talks in public to an audience they know to be entirely
computer generated-to an audience of avatars? If the virtual audience seems attentive, well …

From security training simulations to war games to role-playing games, to sports games to
gambling, playing video games has become a social phenomena, and the increasing …

The pairing of Virtual Reality technology with Physiological Sensing has gained much
interest in clinical settings and beyond: from developing novel methods for diagnosis of …

Perception in the real world is inherently multisensory, often involving visual, auditory,
tactile, olfactory, gustatory, and, on occasion, nociceptive (ie, painful) stimulation. In fact, the …

The Internet shopping mall has received wide attention from researchers and practitioners
due to the fact that it is one of the most killing applications customers can find on the Internet …

Can virtual reality exposure therapy be used to treat people with social phobia? To answer
this question it is vital to know if people will respond to virtual humans (avatars) in a virtual …