Virtual Worlds, Volume 4, Issue 3

Medical imaging is central to the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease [...]

Visual virtuality can be seen as involving the processing and perception of pictorial images. The production of such representations has a longer history than speculations about their perception. Pictorial images of objects and scenes lack two dimens...

Virtual reality (VR) is becoming an increasingly popular tool across a range of domains, from education and healthcare to entertainment and workforce development. Organizations are now beginning to adopt VR for personnel management purposes, includin...

Natural walking locomotion in virtual reality (VR) allows intuitive movement through a virtual environment (VE), lower rates of simulator sickness, and increased immersion. However, it is limited by available play-space. Impossible spaces are VEs tha...

Herein, we report a USB-powered VR-HMD prototype integrated with our 33 mm aperture varifocal liquid lenses and electronic drive components, all assembled in a conventional VR-HMD form-factor. In this volumetric-display-based VR system, a sequence of...

Virtual Reality (VR) is a useful educational tool in healthcare, allowing students to practise and improve practical skills. In speech therapy (ST), the need to revise academic curricula to adapt them to university contexts and integrate them into ad...

Traditionally, formal education has favored boys, while girls, in the past, were relegated to the domestic sphere. This has been the case for centuries, without considering the possible specific cognitive needs of girls, which have been ignored. In W...

Due to the effect of room acoustics on musical interpretation, a musician’s rehearsal may be greatly enhanced by leveraging virtual and augmented reality technology. This paper presents a preliminary study on a rehearsal tool designed for music...

Background: Current methods of postural control assessments and interventions to improve postural stability and thereby prevent falls often fail to incorporate the hazardous perturbation situations that frequently accompany falls. Virtual environment...

This paper introduces Planogen, a modular procedural generation plug-in for the Unity game engine, which is composed of two primary components: a character generation module (CharGen) and an airplane generation module (PlaneGen). Planogen facilitates...

Exercise plays a key role in managing type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), and virtual reality (VR)-based exercise offers an innovative solution to increase motivation and deliver meaningful health benefits to patients who are often hesitant to engage in...

The advent of mixed reality (MR) systems has revolutionized human–computer interactions by seamlessly integrating virtual elements with the real world. Devices like the HoloLens 2 (HL2) enable intuitive, hands-free interactions through advanced...

Desktop Virtual Worlds (DVWs) offer unique spatial affordances for education, yet understanding of how these environments support meaningful learning experiences remains limited. This study introduces the Socio-Spatial Embodiment Model, a novel frame...

This bibliometric analysis aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the use of 360-degree video in healthcare, identifying key research trends and emerging topics in this field. Data was sourced from the Web of Science Core Collection, Scopus, and...