Immersive virtual reality in the age of the Metaverse: A hybrid-narrative review based on the technology affordance perspective

E Dincelli, A Yayla - The journal of strategic information systems, 2022 - Elsevier
Immersive virtual reality (VR) that utilizes head-mounted displays (HMD) is one of the key
emerging technologies of the 21st century and has drawn keen attention from consumers …

Virtual reality therapy in mental health

PMG Emmelkamp, K Meyerbröker - Annual review of clinical …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Initially designed for the treatment of phobias, the use of virtual reality in phobic disorders
has expanded to other mental health disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder …

Navigating the metaverse: A technical review of emerging virtual worlds

H Herath, M Mittal, A Kataria - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The metaverse, a burgeoning virtual reality realm, has garnered substantial attention owing
to its multifaceted applications. Rapid advancements and widespread acceptance of …

Focusing on cybersickness: pervasiveness, latent trajectories, susceptibility, and effects on the virtual reality experience

LE Garrido, M Frías-Hiciano, M Moreno-Jiménez… - Virtual reality, 2022 - Springer
Although virtual reality (VR) usage has become widespread in the last decade, its adoption
has been hampered by experiences of user discomfort known as cybersickness. The …

Towards culturally sustaining design: Centering community's voices for learning through participatory design

MJ Anderson-Coto, J Salazar, JLS Lopez… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Embedding cultural ways of knowing and being of non-dominant communities into learning
tools and environments often falls short of authentically representing the people they are …

[PDF][PDF] A comparison of behaviours and responses towards different social VR environments in initial social interaction

SJ Chung, H Jo, H Lee - Archives of Design Research, 2022 - researchgate.net
Background Despite the significant level of recent interest in social virtual reality (VR), there
has been little discussion about environment design considerations that affect social …

Evolution of VRET to Assist in the Treatment of Phobias: a systematic review

JS Pereira, LM Faêda… - 2020 22nd Symposium on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
People affected by some kind of phobia have a feeling of panic, which prevents them from
leading a normal life, due to an illogical fear. Activities described as routine for some people …

Anxiety and Fear-Related Disorders: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia

GJG Asmundson, RL Krakauer, GS Rachor… - Tasman's Psychiatry, 2024 - Springer
Panic disorder and agoraphobia are presented together to reflect their deep history and
related neurobiological and psychological explanatory models. Recent diagnostic manuals …

Virtual reality applications for the treatment of anxiety and mental disorders

S Safikhani, J Pirker… - 2021 7th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual Reality (VR) environments are computer-generated mediums that try to provide the
user a sense of presence. The use of VR term in science has a long history, but an …