Green roof and green wall benefits and costs: A review of the quantitative evidence

M Manso, I Teotónio, CM Silva, CO Cruz - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Greening the urban environment can be an important strategy to tackle the problems of
urban densification and meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Green …

The affective benefits of nature exposure

GN Bratman, HA Olvera‐Alvarez… - Social and Personality …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mounting evidence demonstrates that nature exposure can have affective benefits. These
include behavioral and psychophysiological responses consistent with (a) decreases in …

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 …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of biophilic indoor environment on stress and anxiety recovery: A between-subjects experiment in virtual reality

J Yin, J Yuan, N Arfaei, PJ Catalano, JG Allen… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous research has demonstrated the positive associations between outdoor nature
contact and stress reduction. However, similar effects of incorporating natural elements into …

The impact of a 360 virtual tour on the reduction of psychological stress caused by COVID-19

T Yang, IKW Lai, ZB Fan, QM Mo - Technology in Society, 2021 - Elsevier
The continuous spread of the COVID-19 pandemic is causing people to feel anxiety and
stress. This study constructs a four-layer research model to examine how a 360° virtual tour …

Virtual immersion in nature and psychological well-being: A systematic literature review

S Frost, L Kannis-Dymand, V Schaffer, P Millear… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Immersion in nature provides various psychological benefits to well-being. Recent research
examines whether these benefits can be replicated in virtual reality (VR). This study aimed to …

Window view and relaxation: Viewing green space from a high-rise estate improves urban dwellers' wellbeing

M Elsadek, B Liu, J **e - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2020 - Elsevier
The current challenges of urbanization and densification threaten the health of urban
dwellers. Previous studies have shown that contact with; or perception of green spaces has …

[HTML][HTML] An immersive multisensory virtual reality approach to the study of human-built environment interactions

K Lyu, A Brambilla, A Globa, R de Dear - Automation in construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Although human-built environment interaction has been studied extensively, the scope has
been mostly limited to a single sensory domain instead of multimodal conditions. This …