OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Virtual Reality is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Virtual reality and augmented reality in social learning spaces: a literature review	154
Immersive Virtual Reality in K-12 and Higher Education: A systematic review of the last decade scientific literature	136
Cybersickness in current-generation virtual reality head-mounted displays: systematic review and outlook	120
Virtual reality consumer experience escapes: preparing for the metaverse	99
Using virtual reality for dynamic learning: an extended technology acceptance model	72
Comparing the effectiveness of fire extinguisher virtual reality and video training	71
A review of the evidence for training effectiveness with virtual reality technology	67
Cyber sickness in low-immersive, semi-immersive, and fully immersive virtual reality	65
Virtual, mixed, and augmented reality: a systematic review for immersive systems research	57
Estimating cybersickness from virtual reality applications	57
Virtual reality and 360° panorama technology: a media comparison to study changes in sense of presence, anxiety, and positive emotions	55
A meta-analysis of the virtual reality problem: Unequal effects of virtual reality sickness across individual differences	51
Effects of dynamic field-of-view restriction on cybersickness and presence in HMD-based virtual reality	50
A review of cybersickness in head-mounted displays: raising attention to individual susceptibility	49
Could virtual reality applications pose real risks to children and adolescents? A systematic review of ethical issues and concerns	49
A narrative review of immersive virtual reality’s ergonomics and risks at the workplace: cybersickness, visual fatigue, muscular fatigue, acute stress, and mental overload	44
Quantifying VR cybersickness using EEG	43
Nature in virtual reality improves mood and reduces stress: evidence from young adults and senior citizens	35
Effect of immersive visualization technologies on cognitive load, motivation, usability, and embodiment	35
Digital shinrin-yoku: do nature experiences in virtual reality reduce stress and increase well-being as strongly as similar experiences in a physical forest?	35
Immersive virtual-reality computer-assembly serious game to enhance autonomous learning	35
Immersive virtual reality as physical therapy in older adults: present or future (systematic review)	33
Task-specific virtual reality training on hemiparetic upper extremity in patients with stroke	31
A VR training system for learning and skills development for construction workers	30
Fear and loathing in VR: the emotional and physiological effects of immersive games	28

Acceptance of dance training system based on augmented reality and technology acceptance model (TAM)	27
Exposure to virtual nature: the impact of different immersion levels on skin conductance level, heart rate, and perceived relaxation	26
Enhancing stroke assessment simulation experience in clinical training using augmented reality	26
Eye Tracking in Virtual Reality: a Broad Review of Applications and Challenges	26
Exploring the effect of an augmented reality literacy programme for reading and spelling difficulties for children diagnosed with ADHD	25
Conceptualising touch in VR	25
A mobile VR-based respiratory biofeedback game to foster diaphragmatic breathing	25
A framework for constructing and evaluating the role of MR as a holographic virtual guide in museums	23
Exploring sensorimotor performance and user experience within a virtual reality golf putting simulator	23
Comparison of gaze accuracy and precision in real-world and virtual reality	22
Designing virtual environments for attitudes and behavioral change in plastic consumption: a comparison between concrete and numerical information	21
A novel method for VR sickness reduction based on dynamic field of view processing	21
Visualization in virtual reality: a systematic review	21
Three-dimensional modeled environments versus 360 degree panoramas for mobile virtual reality training	21
Virtual reality as a communication medium: a comparative study of forced compliance in virtual reality versus physical world	19
Reductions in sickness with repeated exposure to HMD-based virtual reality appear to be game-specific	19
The effectiveness of a virtual reality attention task to predict depression and anxiety in comparison with current clinical measures	19
Comparing augmented reality visualization methods for assembly procedures	18
Performance enhancement of facial electromyogram-based facial-expression recognition for social virtual reality applications using linear discriminant analysis adaptation	18
A framework for fidelity evaluation of immersive virtual reality systems	18
Social viewing in cinematic virtual reality: a design space for social movie applications	18
Virtual reality for the assessment and rehabilitation of neglect: where are we now? A 6-year review update	18
Sustained inattentional blindness in virtual reality and under conventional laboratory conditions	18
Focusing on cybersickness: pervasiveness, latent trajectories, susceptibility, and effects on the virtual reality experience	18
Evaluation of the impact of different levels of self-representation and body tracking on the sense of presence and embodiment in immersive VR	18
Assessing the learning and transfer of gaze behaviours in immersive virtual reality	17
Assessment of consumer VR-headsets’ objective and subjective field of view (FoV) and its feasibility for visual field testing	17
Automatic detection and classification of emotional states in virtual reality and standard environments (LCD): comparing valence and arousal of induced emotions	17
Comparison of spatial orientation skill between real and virtual environment	17
A virtual classroom can elicit teachers’ speech characteristics: evidence from acoustic measurements during in vivo and in virtuo lessons, compared to a free speech control situation	17
MagicChem: a MR system based on needs theory for chemical experiments	17
Immersive training of first responder squad leaders in untethered virtual reality	16
Immersive virtual reality as an empirical research tool: exploring the capability of a machine learning model for predicting construction workers’ safety behaviour	16
My hands? Importance of personalised virtual hands in a neurorehabilitation scenario	16
Ellic’s Exercise Class: promoting physical activities during exergaming with immersive virtual reality	16
A scoping review of the educational uses of 6DoF HMDs	16
Virtual reality exergame for supplementing multimodal pain therapy in older adults with chronic back pain: a randomized controlled pilot study	16
The effect of paper-based manual and stereoscopic-based mobile augmented reality systems on knowledge retention	16
Influence of navigation parameters on cybersickness in virtual reality	15
Eye movements to absent objects during mental imagery and visual memory in immersive virtual reality	15
Exploring structural relations among computer self-efficacy, perceived immersion, and intention to use virtual reality training systems	15
Teleguidance-based remote navigation assistance for visually impaired and blind people—usability and user experience	15
Virtual reality applied to physiotherapy: a review of current knowledge	15
Training in virtual reality enables learning of a complex sports movement	15
Spatial and attentional aftereffects of virtual reality and relations to cybersickness	14
The potential of immersive virtual reality for representations in design education	14
Quantitative evaluation of visual guidance effects for 360-degree directions	14
Museum beyond physical walls: an exploration of virtual reality-enhanced experience in an exhibition-like space	14
Marketing in the metaverse era: toward an integrative channel approach	13
Cost–benefit analysis of virtual reality-based training for emergency rescue workers: a socio-technical systems approach	13

Extended reality technologies in small and medium-sized European industrial companies: level of awareness, diffusion and enablers of adoption	13
A use case study comparing augmented reality (AR) and electronic document-based maintenance instructions considering tasks complexity and operator competency level	13
Contributions of pictorial and binocular cues to the perception of distance in virtual reality	13
The influence of personality, sound, and content difficulty on virtual reality sickness	13
Towards socialVR: evaluating a novel technology for watching videos together	13
Single-channel EEG measurement of engagement in virtual rehabilitation: a validation study	12
Promoting eco-driving behavior through multisensory stimulation: a preliminary study on the use of visual and haptic feedback in a virtual reality driving simulator	12
“Passive or interactive virtual reality? The effectiveness for pain and anxiety reduction in pediatric patients”	12
Memory for a virtual reality experience in children and adults according to image quality, emotion, and sense of presence	12
The effects of touchless interaction on usability and sense of presence in a virtual environment	11
Evaluation of visual-induced motion sickness from head-mounted display using heartbeat evoked potential: a cognitive load-focused approach	11
Hand-adaptive user interface: improved gestural interaction in virtual reality	11
Augmented reality instructions for construction toys enabled by accurate model registration and realistic object/hand occlusions	11
Buddy biking: a user study on social collaboration in a virtual reality exergame for rehabilitation	11
Exploiting fashion x-commerce through the empowerment of voice in the fashion virtual reality arena	11
Immersive virtual reality for upper limb rehabilitation: comparing hand and controller interaction	11
A comprehensive method to design and assess mixed reality simulations	11
The relationships between the exploration of virtual space, its presence and entertainment in virtual reality, 360º and 2D	10
Multimodal markers for technology-independent integration of augmented reality devices and surgical navigation systems	10
Virtual body representation for rehabilitation influences on motor performance of cerebral palsy children	10
The ObReco-360°: a new ecological tool to memory assessment using 360° immersive technology	10
Comparison of the effect of 360° versus two-dimensional virtual reality video on history taking and physical examination skills learning among undergraduate medical students: a randomized controlled t	10
Educational UTAUT-based virtual reality acceptance scale: a validity and reliability study	10
Immersive machine learning for social attitude detection in virtual reality narrative games	10
Evaluation of the Oculus Rift S tracking system in room scale virtual reality	10
Predicting motor behavior: an efficient EEG signal processing pipeline to detect brain states with potential therapeutic relevance for VR-based neurorehabilitation	10
The benchmark framework and exploratory study to investigate the feasibility of 360-degree video-based virtual reality to induce a full body illusion	10
Development of a virtual reality laboratory stressor	10
Framework for developing alternative reality environments to engineer large, complex systems	10
The virtualization of human–robot interactions: a user-centric workload assessment	9
Usability, user experience and mental workload in a mobile Augmented Reality application for digital storytelling in cultural heritage	9
Brain activity during cybersickness: a scoping review	9
Towards estimating affective states in Virtual Reality based on behavioral data	9
Designing effective virtual reality environments for pain management in burn-injured patients	9
An experimental investigation of menu selection for immersive virtual environments: fixed versus handheld menus	9
BeHere: a VR/SAR remote collaboration system based on virtual replicas sharing gesture and avatar in a procedural task	9
Drivers of immersive virtual reality adoption intention: a multi-group analysis in chemical industry settings	9
Satisfied or not: user experience of mobile augmented reality in using natural language processing techniques on review comments	9
Investigation of spatial ability test completion times in virtual reality using a desktop display and the Gear VR	9
The assessment of virtual reality training in antromastoidectomy simulation	9
Simulation-based surgical training systems in laparoscopic surgery: a current review	9
Real-time camera-based eye gaze tracking using convolutional neural network: a case study on social media website	8
Evaluation of a VR prototype for neuropsychological rehabilitation of attentional functions	8
Exploring colour in context using Virtual Reality: Does a room change how you feel?	8
Rehabilitation of visual functions in adult amblyopic patients with a virtual reality videogame: a case series	8
Harmonize: a shared environment for extended immersive entertainment	8
Cognitive load in immersive media settings: the role of spatial presence and cybersickness	8
Learner experience and evidence of cybersickness: design tensions in a virtual reality public transportation intervention for autistic adults	8
Short- and long-term learning of job interview with a serious game in virtual reality: influence of eyestrain, stereoscopy, and apparatus	8
Kinematics of aimed movements in ecological immersive virtual reality: a comparative study with real world	8
Differences in virtual and physical head orientation predict sickness during active head-mounted display-based virtual reality	8
Mixed reality system for nondestructive evaluation training	8
Efficacy of adaptive cognitive training through desktop virtual reality and paper-and-pencil in the treatment of mental and behavioral disorders	8
Surgical navigation system for brachytherapy based on mixed reality using a novel stereo registration method	8
ViewfinderVR: configurable viewfinder for selection of distant objects in VR	8
Trick the body trick the mind: avatar representation affects the perception of available action possibilities in virtual reality	8
Evoking emotions in virtual reality: schema activation via a freeze-frame stimulus	8
Immersive virtual reality for improving cognitive deficits in children with ADHD: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8