Intelligent Virtual Reality: AI-Driven Systems and Experiences

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue, ‘Intelligent Virtual Reality: AI-Driven Systems and Experiences’, will explore the convergence of artificial intelligence and virtual reality, focusing on how AI can be used to enhance the design of immersive, adaptive, and inclusive environments. This Special Issue will highlight research on intelligent educational ecosystems that personalize learning experiences according to each learner’s level, pace, and cognitive profile, fostering engagement and improving learning outcomes. It will also emphasize accessibility in virtual environments, showcasing how AI can adapt interfaces, content, and interactions to the abilities of users with physical, sensory, or cognitive disabilities. Another central theme involves empathy and sensitivity training, where immersive simulations reproduce real-world scenarios of discrimination or inequality to promote inclusion, understanding, and emotional intelligence in educational and professional contexts.

This Special Issue welcomes a wide range of contributions, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Adaptive and personalized learning environments in VR;
• AI-driven accessibility solutions for inclusive virtual experiences;
• Empathy and diversity training using immersive simulations;
• Intelligent agents and virtual tutors in educational VR systems;
• Emotion recognition and affective adaptation in VR environments;
• Neuroadaptive and brain–computer interfaces for personalized VR;
• Ethical and social implications of AI-powered virtual experiences;
• Data-driven storytelling and generative content creation in VR;
• Evaluation metrics and frameworks for AI-enhanced VR learning outcomes.

Dr. Enrique Yeguas-Bolivar
Dr. Mariana Buenestado Fernández
Dr. Juri Taborri
Guest Editors

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