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Possible Worlds, Virtual Worlds
, 2019 This article deals upon the difficulty question of the ontological status of the virtual 1) through a the comparison between actual worlds, fictional worlds in literature and film and online worlds from the perspective of modalities (alethic, epistemic, deontological and axiological).
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Augmented Reality in the Classroom—Mentor Teachers’ Attitudes and Technology Use
Virtual WorldsThe education sector is becoming increasingly interested in augmented reality (AR) technology. Research has revealed that AR offers a multitude of benefits in supporting learning.
Corinne Wyss, Kerstin Bäuerlein
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Navigation assistance in Virtual Worlds [PDF]
InSITE Conference, 2001 In this paper we report about ongoing research on navigation assistance in virtual environments. Our aim is to contribute to the development of forms of navigation assistance that enable non-professional visitors of a virtual environment to find their way without previous training.
Betsy van Dijk +3 more
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XR MUSE: An Open-Source Unity Framework for Extended Reality-Based Networked Multi-User Studies
Virtual WorldsIn recent years, extended reality (XR) technologies have been increasingly used as a research tool in behavioral studies. They allow experimenters to conduct user studies in simulated environments that are both controllable and reproducible across ...
Stéven Picard, Ningyuan Sun, Jean Botev
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Exploring Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment Methods for Video Games
Virtual WorldsMaintaining player engagement is pivotal for video game success, yet achieving the optimal difficulty level that adapts to diverse player skills remains a significant challenge.
Nicholas Fisher, Arun K. Kulshreshth
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Evolution in Virtual Worlds [PDF]
, 2013 Abstract This chapter discusses the possibility of instilling a virtual world with mechanisms for evolution and natural selection in order to generate rich ecosystems of complex organisms in a process akin to biological evolution. Some previous work in the area is described, and successes and failures are discussed.
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Virtual WorldsThis feasibility study explored the integration of physiological monitoring into a virtual reality (VR) intervention for pediatric pain management. The goal of this study is to identify a feasible strategy for collecting physiologic data in the context ...
Harsheen Marwah +4 more
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The Gaia System: Revolutionizing Museum Storytelling with Projection Mapping
Virtual WorldsThe Gaia System is a tabletop projection mapping system for museum exhibitions, now in its third iteration and installed at the Sortland Museum (Norway).
Costas Boletsis, Ophelia Prillard
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Modelling virtual urban environments [PDF]
, 1998 In this paper, we explore the way in which virtual reality (VR) systems are being broadened to encompass a wide array of virtual worlds, many of which have immediate applicability to understanding urban issues through geocomputation.
Batty, M +3 more
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