The need to virtually collaborate across distributed locations has drastically increased.
Developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and new IT platforms like the metaverse …

Immersive virtual reality technologies are used in a wide range of fields such as training,
education, health, and research. Many of these applications include virtual humans that are …

This work offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the Metaverse, focusing on its potential
implications for consumer behavior. We begin by proposing a conceptualization of the …

As the metaverse expands, understanding how people use virtual reality to learn and
connect is increasingly important. We used the Transformed Social Interaction paradigm to …

The current study aims to validate and apply an instrument to assess the relationship
between institutional support, technological literacy, and self-efficacy on the intention to …

Viewing self-video during videoconferences potentially causes negative self-focused
attention that contributes to virtual meeting (VM) or “Zoom” fatigue. The present research …

Immersive virtual reality (IVR) provides great potential to experimentally investigate effects of
peers on student learning in class and to strategically deploy virtual peer learners to improve …

Linking back to, the present approach conceptualizes and empirically examines viewers'
parasocial interaction experience with a TV performer. Causes and outcomes of parasocial …

Far from merely being a tool to navigate a virtual world, individuals can often develop strong
and complex relationships with their videogame characters. The present study examined the …

Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition offers a comprehensive and up-to-date
overview of the social psychology of aggression, covering all the relevant major theories …