Using virtual reality in sports practice

Background. The popularity of using virtual reality in various areas of life is growing steadily every year. The use of virtual reality in sports, including sports of the highest achievements, has both advantages and disadvantages that will be considered in this paper. The Objective is to study ma...

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Main Authors: Sergey V. Leonov, Irina S. Polikanova, Natalia I. Bulaeva, Viktor A. Klimenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2020-03-01
Series:Национальный психологический журнал
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Online Access:http://npsyj.ru/pdf/npj-no37-2020/npj_no37_2020_018-030.pdf
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author Sergey V. Leonov
Irina S. Polikanova
Natalia I. Bulaeva
Viktor A. Klimenko
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description Background. The popularity of using virtual reality in various areas of life is growing steadily every year. The use of virtual reality in sports, including sports of the highest achievements, has both advantages and disadvantages that will be considered in this paper. The Objective is to study main aspects of using virtual reality in sports, including the historical aspect of the method, the main current areas of using the method, the existing advantages and limitations of the method for using in sports practice, including sports of the highest achievements. Results and conclusions of the study. It is shown using virtual reality technologies in sports has a whole range of advantages, including removing restrictions imposed by real sports: preventing sport injury; creating environmental conditions (weather, humidity, rivalry, etc.), lack of dependence on sport equipment, weather or location, and the ability to engage in hard-to-reach and expensive sports accordingly. However, there are a number of problems that make it difficult to use virtual reality in sports, in particular, using sport equipment and assessing skill transfer.
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spelling doaj.art-861bb761bc3344208fc1f82eca7a23fd2024-02-02T21:18:56ZengLomonosov Moscow State UniversityНациональный психологический журнал2079-66172309-98282020-03-01137183010.11621/npj.2020.0102Using virtual reality in sports practiceSergey V. Leonov0Irina S. Polikanova1Natalia I. Bulaeva2Viktor A. Klimenko3Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, RussiaMoscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, RussiaMoscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, RussiaMoscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, RussiaBackground. The popularity of using virtual reality in various areas of life is growing steadily every year. The use of virtual reality in sports, including sports of the highest achievements, has both advantages and disadvantages that will be considered in this paper. The Objective is to study main aspects of using virtual reality in sports, including the historical aspect of the method, the main current areas of using the method, the existing advantages and limitations of the method for using in sports practice, including sports of the highest achievements. Results and conclusions of the study. It is shown using virtual reality technologies in sports has a whole range of advantages, including removing restrictions imposed by real sports: preventing sport injury; creating environmental conditions (weather, humidity, rivalry, etc.), lack of dependence on sport equipment, weather or location, and the ability to engage in hard-to-reach and expensive sports accordingly. However, there are a number of problems that make it difficult to use virtual reality in sports, in particular, using sport equipment and assessing skill transfer.http://npsyj.ru/pdf/npj-no37-2020/npj_no37_2020_018-030.pdfvirtual realitysportssports of highest achievementsartificial environmentssports training
spellingShingle Sergey V. Leonov
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Natalia I. Bulaeva
Viktor A. Klimenko
Using virtual reality in sports practice
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virtual reality
sports
sports of highest achievements
artificial environments
sports training
title Using virtual reality in sports practice
title_full Using virtual reality in sports practice
title_fullStr Using virtual reality in sports practice
title_full_unstemmed Using virtual reality in sports practice
title_short Using virtual reality in sports practice
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sports
sports of highest achievements
artificial environments
sports training
url http://npsyj.ru/pdf/npj-no37-2020/npj_no37_2020_018-030.pdf
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