Born to Run, Programmed to Play: Mapping the Extended Reality Exergames Landscape

S Karaosmanoglu, S Cmentowski, LE Nacke… - Proceedings of the CHI …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Many people struggle to exercise regularly, raising the risk of serious health-related issues.
Extended reality (XR) exergames address these hurdles by combining physical exercises …

Disembodied, Asocial, and Unreal: How Users Reinterpret Designed Affordances of Social VR

E Kukshinov, D Harley, K Szita, R Hadi Mogavi… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Although Social Virtual Reality (SVR) affordances are designed to enable embodied social
activities and interactions within virtual environments, the ways that users perceive and …

Systematic Literature Review of Using Virtual Reality as a Social Platform in HCI Community

X Wei, X Jin, GL Kan, Y Yan, M Fan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.11869, 2024 - arxiv.org
Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly used as a social platform for users to interact and build
connections with one another in an immersive virtual environment. Reflecting on the …

Meaning Follows Purpose: Unravelling the Architectural Design Conventions in the Contemporary Metaverse

J Han, A Vande Moere, AL Simeone - … of the CHI Conference on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Thousands of people regularly meet, work and play in the architectural spaces that the
metaverse offers today. Yet despite the creative potential to disrupt how the built …

A Matter of Perspective: Designing Immersive Character Transitions for Virtual Reality Games

S Cmentowski, S Karaosmanoglu, F Kievelitz… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Virtual reality (VR) games intensify storytelling experiences by letting players take the role of
a character. However, in contrast to films, novels, or games, VR experiences often remain …

Exploring Virtual Reality Through Ihde's Instrumental Realism

H Zhang, JM Carroll - International Conference on Information, 2024 - Springer
Based on Ihde's theory, this paper explores the relationship between virtual reality (VR) as
an instrument and phenomenology. It reviews the “technological revolution” spurred by the …

VR Headsets In-The-Wild: Qualitative Insights on Safety, Awareness, and Social Challenges from Real Train Journeys

L Bajorunaite, JR Williamson, S Brewster - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Virtual Reality (VR) headsets allow us to personalise how we experience reality while
travelling, offering benefits over traditional devices. VR that incorporates elements of reality …

Subjective Evaluation of the Impact of Spatial Audio on Triadic Communication in Virtual Reality

F Immohr, G Rendle, C Kehling… - … on Quality of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual Reality (VR) enables users to meet, converse, and collaborate in shared virtual
environments. For such communication systems, many system factors can affect user …

Designing Effective VR Learning Environments

AK Mantry - … Learning Experiences Through Virtual Reality (VR), 2024 - books.google.com
Virtual reality (VR) technology has emerged as a promising tool in education, offering
immersive and interactive learning experiences that transcend the limitations of traditional …

Effect of latency on social presence in traditional video conference and VR conference: a comparative study

S Wang, J Song, A Trioux, M Wang… - … Conference on Visual …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Virtual reality (VR) conference, as a typical social VR application, has gained popularity in
recent years. It offers users located at different locations a fully immersive experience and a …