The adoption of immersive virtual experiences (IVEs) opened new research lines where the
impact of realism is being studied, allowing developers to focus resources on realism factors …

Interacting with virtual objects with haptic feedback directly using the user's hand (hand-
based haptic interaction) has attracted increasing attention. Due to the high degrees of …

Research on Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is booming, which has led
to an emerging body of literature in their intersection. However, the main topics in this …

Avatars, the users' virtual representations, are becoming ubiquitous in virtual reality
applications. In this context, the avatar becomes the medium which enables users to …

We use our hands every day: to grasp a cup of coffee, write text on a keyboard, or signal that
we are about to say something important. We use our hands to interact with our environment …

Proper evaluation of realism in immersive virtual experiences is crucial to ensure
optimisation of resources. This way, we can take better decisions while designing realistic …

Natural and intuitive interaction such as freehand grasping of virtual objects is still a
significant challenge in VR due to the dexterous versatility of the human grasping actions …

When considering external assistive systems for people with motor impairments, gaze has
been shown to be a powerful tool as it is anticipatory to motor actions and is promising for …

The Leap Motion Controller is a sensor for precise hand tracking; it is a device used for
human interaction with computer systems via gestures. The study presented in this paper …

Among the existing technologies for hand protection, master–slave control technology has
been extensively researched and applied within the field of safety engineering to mitigate …