Virtual and augmented reality in critical care medicine: the patient's, clinician's, and researcher's perspective

RR Bruno, G Wolff, B Wernly, M Masyuk, K Piayda… - Critical Care, 2022 - Springer
Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are aspiring, new technologies with
increasing use in critical care medicine. While VR fully immerses the user into a virtual three …

Virtual reality for emotion elicitation–a review

R Somarathna, T Bednarz… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emotions are multifaceted phenomena that affect our behaviour, perception, and cognition.
Increasing evidence indicates that induction mechanisms play a crucial role in triggering …

The Metaverse: A new digital frontier for consumer behavior

R Hadi, S Melumad, ES Park - Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

The Metaverse as a virtual form of data-driven smart cities: The ethics of the hyper-connectivity, datafication, algorithmization, and platformization of urban society

SE Bibri, Z Allam - Computational Urban Science, 2022 - Springer
Recent advances in computing and immersive technologies have provided Meta (formerly
Facebook) with the opportunity to leapfrog or expedite its way of thinking and devising a …

[HTML][HTML] What is the best way of delivering virtual nature for improving mood? An experimental comparison of high definition TV, 360 video, and computer generated …

NL Yeo, MP White, I Alcock, R Garside, SG Dean… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Exposure to 'real'nature can increase positive affect and decrease negative affect, but direct
access is not always possible, eg for people in health/care settings who often experience …

Can simulated nature support mental health? Comparing short, single-doses of 360-degree nature videos in virtual reality with the outdoors

MHEM Browning, KJ Mimnaugh, CJ Van Riper… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Nature exposure in virtual reality (VR) can provide emotional well-being benefits for people
who cannot access the outdoors. Little is known about how these simulated experiences …

Reduction of physiological stress by urban green space in a multisensory virtual experiment

M Hedblom, B Gunnarsson, B Iravani, I Knez… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Although stress is an increasing global health problem in cities, urban green spaces can
provide health benefits. There is, however, a lack of understanding of the link between …

[HTML][HTML] Measures and modalities in restorative virtual natural environments: An integrative narrative review

T Nukarinen, J Rantala, K Korpela… - Computers in Human …, 2022 - Elsevier
Decades of research in environmental psychology have shown that contact with natural
environments has restorative, stress-ameliorating effects. At present, researchers in the …

Effect of immersive visualization technologies on cognitive load, motivation, usability, and embodiment

N Wenk, J Penalver-Andres, KA Buetler, T Nef… - Virtual Reality, 2023 - Springer
Virtual reality (VR) is a promising tool to promote motor (re) learning in healthy users and
brain-injured patients. However, in current VR-based motor training, movements of the users …

Effect of a virtual reality-based restorative environment on the emotional and cognitive recovery of individuals with mild-to-moderate anxiety and depression

H Li, W Dong, Z Wang, N Chen, J Wu, G Wang… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, restorative environment theory and virtual reality (VR) technology were
combined to build different 3D dynamic VR interactive scenes. We discuss the effects of a …