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VR Regulators: Using Virtual Reality to Equip Early Childhood Professionals with Strategies for Child Emotion Management

Virtual Worlds
Background: Young children have experienced increased emotional difficulties, including anxiety, emotion dysregulation, and tantrums. Limited access to mental health services has created an urgent need for accessible interventions to equip professionals ...
Jason F. Jent, Alexis Landa, Mei Ling Shyu, Duy Nguyen, Arianna De Landaburu, Lauren Pancavage, Abigail O’Reilly, Jennifer Coto, Ivette Cejas, Betty Alonso, Dainelys Garcia, Elana Mansoor, Austin Garilli, Michelle Schladant, Ruby Natale   +14 more
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Self-reflexive videogames: observations and corollaries on virtual worlds as philosophical artifacts [PDF]

, 2016
Self-reflexive videogames are videogames designed to materialize critical and/or satirical perspectives on the ways in which videogames themselves are designed, played, sold, manipulated, experienced, and understood as social objects.
Gualeni, Stefano
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Virtual World 360: A Virtual Tour of the World

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology
Virtual tourism has emerged as a revolutionary solution to overcome the limitations of traditional travel, such as physical, economic, and natural constraints. Using technologies like 360° imaging and virtual reality, it provides an immersive and accessible alternative for experiencing locations remotely.
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Colour Perception in Immersive Virtual Reality: Emotional and Physiological Responses to Fifteen Munsell Hues

Virtual Worlds
Colour is a fundamental determinant of affective experience in immersive virtual reality (VR), yet the emotional and physiological impact of individual hues remains poorly characterised.
Francesco Febbraio, Simona Collina, Christina Lepida, Panagiotis Kourtesis   +3 more
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Growing the use of Virtual Worlds in education : an OpenSim perspective [PDF]

, 2012
The growth in the range of disciplines that Virtual Worlds support for educational purposes is evidenced by recent applications in the fields of cultural heritage, humanitarian aid, space exploration, virtual laboratories in the physical sciences ...
Allison, Colin, Campbell, Anne, Davies, Christopher John, Dow, Lisa, Kennedy, Sarah, McCaffery, John Philip, Miller, Alan Henry David, Oliver, Iain Angus, Perera, Galhenage Indika Udaya Shantha   +8 more
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A Qualitative Study of Youth Mental Health Service Users’ Views on the Delivery of Psychological Interventions via Virtual Worlds

Virtual Worlds
With origins in video gaming, 3D virtual worlds (VWs) are digital environments where people engage and interact synchronously using digital characters called avatars.
Melissa Keller-Tuberg, Imogen Bell, Greg Wadley, Andrew Thompson, Neil Thomas   +4 more
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Surveying The Virtual World. A Large Scale Survey in Second Life Using the Virtual Data Collection Interface (VDCI) [PDF]

Technology has always introduced changes in the way researchers administer surveys. A new technology known as virtual worlds has now emerged that promises to change data collection once again.
Edward Castronova, Gert G. Wagner, Mark W. Bell   +2 more
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Using virtual worlds for online role-play [PDF]

, 2011
The paper explores the use of virtual worlds to support online role-play as a collaborative activity. This paper describes some of the challenges involved in building online role-play environments in a virtual world and presents some of the ideas being ...
Gardner, M, Horan, B
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Expressive Avatars: Vitality in Virtual Worlds. [PDF]

Philos Technol, 2023
Ekdahl D, Osler L.
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What Potential Does the Metaverse Hold for Overcoming Supply Chain Geopolitical Disruptions Through Scenario-Based Planning and Risk Management?

Virtual Worlds
Geopolitical disruptions such as trade wars, sanctions, and political instability threaten global supply chain (SC) resilience. As a result, multinational corporations face financial losses, operational delays, and strategic uncertainties, creating an ...
Kamdem Poupi Arnold Brice, Aratrika De, Wiysenyuy Louis Nyuydzeran, Kamese Jordan Junior, Tagne Poupi Theodore Armand   +4 more
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