The presence construct, most commonly defined as the sense of “being there,” has driven
research and development of virtual environments (VEs) for decades. Despite that, there is …

Harassment has long been considered a severe social issue and a culturally contextualized
construct. More recently, understanding and mitigating emerging harassment in social …

Qualitative Research: The Essential Guide to Theory and Practice provides a one-stop
resource for all those approaching qualitative research for the first time, as well as those …

Self-presentation in online digital social spaces has been a long standing research interest
in HCI and CSCW. As online social spaces evolve towards more embodied digital …

User embodiment is important for many virtual reality (VR) applications, for example, in the
context of social interaction, therapy, training, or entertainment. However, there is no data …

Commercial social VR applications represent a diverse and evolving ecology with
competing models of what it means to be social in VR. Drawing from expert interviews, this …

This article explores the potential learning benefits of three‐dimensional (3‐D) virtual
learning environments (VLEs). Drawing on published research spanning two decades, it …

The increasingly popular social virtual reality (VR) is dramatically transforming how people
meet, interact, and socialize online. These immersive digital spaces blend aspects of the …

Remote collaboration systems allow users at different sites to perform joint tasks, which are
required by many real-life applications. For example, environmental pollution is a complex …

How does the changing representation of the body in virtual environments affect the mind?
This article considers how virtual reality interfaces are evolving to embody the user …