Immersive virtual reality as a pedagogical tool in education: a systematic literature review of quantitative learning outcomes and experimental design

D Hamilton, J McKechnie, E Edgerton… - Journal of Computers in …, 2021 - Springer
The adoption of immersive virtual reality (I-VR) as a pedagogical method in education has
challenged the conceptual definition of what constitutes a learning environment. High fidelity …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse approaches to learning with immersive Virtual Reality identified from a systematic review

M Won, DAK Ungu, H Matovu, DF Treagust… - Computers & …, 2023 - Elsevier
To investigate how learning in immersive Virtual Reality was designed in contemporary
educational studies, this systematic literature review identified nine design features and …

Exploring the darkverse: A multi-perspective analysis of the negative societal impacts of the metaverse

YK Dwivedi, N Kshetri, L Hughes, NP Rana… - Information Systems …, 2023 - Springer
The Metaverse has the potential to form the next pervasive computing archetype that can
transform many aspects of work and life at a societal level. Despite the many forecasted …

A design methodology for affective Virtual Reality

N Dozio, F Marcolin, GW Scurati, L Ulrich… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the era of 'metaverse', virtual environments are gaining popularity among new multimedia
contents and are also recognized as a valuable means to deliver emotional content. This is …

Strategic regulation of empathy

E Weisz, M Cikara - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Empathy is an integral part of socioemotional well-being, but recent research has
highlighted some of its downsides. Here we examine literature that establishes when, how …

Can extended reality in the metaverse revolutionise health communication?

A Plechatá, G Makransky, R Böhm - NPJ digital medicine, 2022 - nature.com
In the metaverse, users will actively engage with 3D content using extended reality (XR).
Such XR platforms can stimulate a revolution in health communication, moving from …

Virtual reality as a medium to elicit empathy: A meta-analysis

S Ventura, L Badenes-Ribera, R Herrero… - … , Behavior, and Social …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
The current meta-analysis aims to investigate and clarify existing research on virtual reality
(VR) as a medium to elicit empathy. An exhaustive literature search (updated to February 29 …

“Empathy machine”: how virtual reality affects human rights attitudes

M Bujić, M Salminen, J Macey, J Hamari - Internet Research, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate how media content consumed through immersive
technology may evoke changes in human rights attitudes. It has been proposed that our …

[PDF][PDF] Virtual reality improves emotional but not cognitive empathy: A meta-analysis

AJ Martingano, F Hererra, S Konrath - 2021 - assets.pubpub.org
Virtual Reality (VR) has been touted as an effective empathy intervention, with its most
ardent supporters claiming it is “the ultimate empathy machine.” We aimed to determine …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality and empathy enhancement: Ethical aspects

J Rueda, F Lara - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The history of humankind is full of examples that indicate a constant desire to make human
beings more moral. Nowadays, technological breakthroughs might have a significant impact …