Social Virtual Reality (VR) platforms have surged in popularity in recent years, including
among people with disabilities (PWD). Previous research has documented accessibility …

Augmented Reality (AR) teleconferencing allows separately located users to interact with
each other in 3D through agents in their own physical environments. Existing methods …

In recent years, advances in immersive multimedia technologies, such as extended reality
(XR) technologies, have led to more realistic and user-friendly devices. However, these …

In Mixed Reality (MR), users' heads are largely (if not completely) occluded by the MR Head-
Mounted Display (HMD) they are wearing. As a consequence, one cannot see their facial …

Adapting traditional behavioral therapy with eXtended Reality (XR) and physiological data
allows phobia treatment for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Using systematic …

EXtended Reality (XR) refers to a group of technologies that seek to enhance and expand
human perception of the physical world. This includes Virtual Reality (VR), which creates …

Extended reality technology is generating greater interest every day, assuming it as one of
the communication platforms of the next decades. However, this work presents the lack of …

This dissertation explores the application of machine learning methods to enable immersive
virtual reality experiences. The goal is to detect and classify the pixels belonging to the …