The theory of immersive collaborative learning (TICOL)

G Makransky, GB Petersen - Educational Psychology Review, 2023‏ - Springer
The need to virtually collaborate across distributed locations has drastically increased.
Developments such as the COVID-19 pandemic and new IT platforms like the metaverse …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality affordances for oral communication in English as a second language classroom: A literature review

A Yudintseva - Computers & Education: X Reality, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This paper reviews 34 studies related to oral communication in English as a Second
Language through Virtual Reality published from 2015 to 2022. Overall, Virtual Reality …

[HTML][HTML] The dark side of the metaverse: The role of gamification in event virtualization

C Flavián, S Ibáñez-Sánchez, C Orús… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The virtualization of cultural events in the metaverse creates opportunities to generate
valuable and innovative experiences that replicate and extend in-person events; but the …

[HTML][HTML] Avatar creation in the metaverse: A focus on event expectations

S Barta, S Ibáñez-Sánchez, C Orús… - Computers in Human …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The metaverse has revolutionized the way event experiences are virtualized, as this cutting-
edge technology is especially capable of fostering dynamic interactivity among avatars …

Being excluded in the metaverse: Impact of social ostracism on users' psychological responses and behaviors

T Kim, H **, J Hwang, N Kim, J Im, Y Jeon… - International Journal of …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
In this study, we examine how individuals react to an ostracism experience in the metaverse.
Based on the temporal need-threat model and virtual identity discrepancy model, two …

[HTML][HTML] Envisioning architecture of metaverse intensive learning experience (MiLEx): Career readiness in the 21st century and collective intelligence development …

E AbuKhousa, MS El-Tahawy, Y Atif - Future Internet, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Th metaverse presents a new opportunity to construct personalized learning paths and to
promote practices that scale the development of future skills and collective intelligence. The …

[HTML][HTML] See you on the Metaverse: A bibliometric expedition through the Metaverse landscape

S Aiolfi, B Luceri - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The Metaverse is a rapidly develo** technology that has attracted interest from various
companies. Experts predict exponential growth in profits from the Metaverse market in the …

Taking modern psychiatry into the metaverse: Integrating augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies into psychiatric care

TJ Ford, DM Buchanan, A Azeez… - Frontiers in digital …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The landscape of psychiatry is ever evolving and has recently begun to be influenced more
heavily by new technologies. One novel technology which may have particular application to …

Immersive extended reality and remote sensing technologies, simulation modeling and spatial data acquisition tools, and cooperative decision and control algorithms …

K Zvarikova, M Trnka, G Lăzăroiu - Linguistic and Philosophical …, 2023‏ - ceeol.com
The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize and analyze human digital twin and
neuromorphic image processing systems, haptic bodysuits, and metaverse assets and …

Understanding virtual design behaviors: A large-scale analysis of the design process in Virtual Reality

P Wang, MR Miller, E Han, C DeVeaux, JN Bailenson - Design Studies, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Propose a VR design coding scheme for individual and collaborative design
processes.•Introduce bottom-up analysis pipeline for describing the VR design …