Immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) is a new technology, the novelty effect of which can reduce
the enjoyment of iVR experiences and, especially, learning achievements when presented …

An innovative and accessible guide to doing social research in the digital age. In just the
past several years, we have witnessed the birth and rapid spread of social media, mobile …

Serious games are digital games that have an additional goal beyond entertainment.
Recently, many studies have explored different quality criteria for serious games, including …

Many people want to learn a language but find it difficult to stay engaged. Ideally, we would
have language learning tools that can make language learning more enjoyable by …

Phishing attacks are a major problem, as evidenced by the DNC hackings during the 2016
US presidential election, in which staff were tricked into sharing passwords by fake Google …

Online citizen science projects have the potential to engage thousands of participants with
scientific research. A small number of projects such as Foldit use an online computer game …

As “Gamification” quickly becomes a hot topic across a wide range of industries and
academia, it deserves more thorough study through qualitative and quantitative research …

Explaining to novice users how to interact in immersive VR applications may be challenging.
This is in particular due to the fact that the learners are isolated from the real world, and they …

Virtual reality (VR) has disrupted the gaming market and is rapidly becoming ubiquitous. Yet
differences between VR and traditional mediums, such as controllers that are visible in the …

In this study, the novelty effect or initial fascination with new technology is addressed in the
context of an immersive Virtual Reality (iVR) experience. The novelty effect is a significant …