Since the first time the term" Virtual Reality"(VR) has been used back in the 60s, VR has
evolved in different manners becoming more and more similar to the real world. Two …

This study explores the effects of immersive VR on an individual's creativity and factors
related to creativity including flow, attention and meditation (ie, mental relaxation or stress) …

Millions of people all around the world are participating in an unprecedented experiment of
working from home due the Covid-19 pandemic. There is no doubt that Working from Home …

This paper presents a new art metaverse prototype, constructed using virtual reality
technology to create an immersive scene with a specific artistic style and integrate virtual …

Mobile solutions can help transform speech and sound into visual representations for
people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH). However, where handheld phones present …

Persons with hearing loss use visual signals such as gestures and lip movement to interpret
speech. While hearing aids and cochlear implants can improve sound recognition, they …

To investigate preferences for mobile and wearable sound awareness systems, we
conducted an online survey with 201 DHH participants. The survey explores how …

Prior work has explored communication challenges faced by people who are deaf and hard
of hearing (DHH) and the potential role of new captioning and support technologies to …

Children are being presented with augmented reality (AR) in different contexts, such as
education and gaming. However, little is known about how children conceptualize AR …

Deaf and hard of hearing students must constantly switch between several visual sources to
gather all necessary information during a classroom lecture (eg, instructor, slides, sign …