Immersive virtual reality for science learning: Design, implementation, and evaluation

H Matovu, DAK Ungu, M Won, CC Tsai… - Studies in Science …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The advanced visualisation and interactive capabilities make immersive virtual reality (IVR)
attractive for educators to investigate its educational benefits. This research reviewed 64 …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on job satisfaction: A mediated moderation model using job stress and organizational resilience in the hotel industry of Taiwan

SC Cheng, YH Kao - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected businesses worldwide, including the hotel industry in
Taiwan. This study aims to explore the influence of the perceived threat of COVID-19 on job …

Investigating the mental health implications of urban environments with neuroscientific methods and mobile technologies: A systematic literature review

A Buttazzoni, A Parker, L Minaker - Health & Place, 2021 - Elsevier
Urbanization is an ongoing global process that is influencing and shaping individual mental
health and well-being. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current literature …

Assessing electroencephalography as a stress indicator: a VR high-altitude scenario monitored through EEG and ECG

V Aspiotis, A Miltiadous, K Kalafatakis, KD Tzimourta… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, virtual reality (VR) has become an increasingly accessible commodity.
Head-mounted display (HMD) immersive technologies allow researchers to simulate …

Virtual reality-based analysis of the effect of construction noise exposure on masonry work productivity

J Hong, J Choi, JH Lee, SH Cho, T Hong… - Automation in …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study conducted a quantitative evaluation via virtual reality and a climate chamber on
the effect of construction noise exposure on the productivity of masonry work, which is a …

A critical review of multimodal-multisensor analytics for anxiety assessment

H Senaratne, S Oviatt, K Ellis, G Melvin - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Recently, interest has grown in the assessment of anxiety that leverages human
physiological and behavioral data to address the drawbacks of current subjective clinical …

Immersive VR for investigating threat avoidance: The VRthreat toolkit for Unity

J Brookes, S Hall, S Frühholz, DR Bach - Behavior Research Methods, 2024 - Springer
All animals have to respond to immediate threats in order to survive. In non-human animals,
a diversity of sophisticated behaviours has been observed, but research in humans is …

[HTML][HTML] Shaping health behaviors beyond reality: A full body illusion to experience the consequences of unhealthy snacking

NE van der Waal, L Janssen, M Otte… - Computers in Human …, 2024 - Elsevier
Addressing the rising obesity prevalence, a Virtual Reality full-body illusion as a novel
approach to obesity prevention is examined, allowing individuals to experience ownership …

[HTML][HTML] Extended Reality for Mental Health Evaluation: Scoping Review

OM Omisore, I Odenigbo, J Orji, AIH Beltran… - JMIR Serious …, 2024 - games.jmir.org
Background: Mental health disorders are the leading cause of health-related problems
worldwide. It is projected that mental health disorders will be the leading cause of morbidity …

Spiders Based on Anxiety: How Reinforcement Learning Can Deliver Desired User Experience in Virtual Reality Personalized Arachnophobia Treatment

A Mahmoudi-Nejad, M Guzdial, P Boulanger - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The need to generate a spider to provoke a desired anxiety response arises in the context of
personalized virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET), a treatment approach for …