An Aerial Mixed-Reality Environment for First-Person-View Drone Flying by Dong-Hyun Kim, Yong-Guk Go, Soo-Mi Choi

“…The proposed system is effective in perceiving the depth of obstacles, and enables bidirectional interaction between real and virtual worlds using a drone equipped with a stereo camera based on human binocular vision. …”
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Unveiling gender differences: a mixed reality multitasking exploration by Safanah Abbas, Heejin Jeong

“…While gender differences have been studied in both real and virtual worlds separately, few studies have focused on multitasking in hybrid environments. …”
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CityGML goes mobile: application of large 3D CityGML models on smartphones by Christoph Blut, Timothy Blut, Jörg Blankenbach

“…Due to the constrained hardware resources of smartphones, it is a particular challenge to handle complex 3D objects and large virtual worlds as provided by CityGML, not only in terms of memory and storage space, but also with respect to mobile processing units and display sizes.…”
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Modeling an intelligent agent augmented gaming environment by Kumar, Rohit Ashwini.

“…Agents, or computer-generated characters, are an integral part of every software, enhancing the experience of virtual worlds and assisting the users with learning or entertainment. …”
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Understanding Human-Machine Networks: A cross-disciplinary survey by Tsvetkova, M, Yasseri, T, Meyer, E, Pickering, J, Engen, V, Walland, P, Lüders, M, Følstad, A, Bravos, G

“…We identify eight types of HMNs: public-resource computing, crowdsourcing, web search engines, crowdsensing, online markets, social media, multiplayer online games and virtual worlds, and mass collaboration. We systematically select literature on each of these types and review it with a focus on implications for designing HMNs. …”

Messy talk in virtual teams: achieving knowledge synthesis through shared visualizations by Sturts Dossick, C, Anderson, A, Azari, R, Iorio, J, Neff, G, Taylor, J

“…We analyzed the interactions of four distributed student teams collaborating on a complex design and planning project using building information models (BIM) and the CyberGRID, a virtual world specifically developed for collaborative work. …”

Understanding human-machine networks: a cross-disciplinary survey by Tsvetkova, M, Yasseri, T, Meyer, E, Pickering, J, Engen, V, Walland, P, Lüders, M, Følstad, A, Bravos, G

“…We identify eight types of HMNs: public-resource computing, crowdsourcing, web search engines, crowdsensing, online markets, social media, multiplayer online games and virtual worlds, and mass collaboration. We systematically select literature on each of these types and review it with a focus on implications for designing HMNs. …”

The impact of social media usage and addiction among student / Siti Maheran Mohd Faudzi by Mohd Faudzi, Siti Maheran

“…The social network, which is one of the key indicators of the technology era, attracts all levels while virtual worlds over real life through the applications it offers. …”
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Implementing a virtual 3d campus of USM using second life: case for CCIL based distance learning package. by Jamaludin, Rozinah

“…Web 2.0 educational based methods is one of the novel areas of pedagogical research. The 3D virtual worlds represents one of the latest and highest potential Web 2.0 tools, in particular in the context of distance learning. …”

Issues towards efficient time synchronization in wireless sensor networks by Abdullah, Abdul Hanan, Khan, Abdul Waheed, Bangash, Javed Iqbal

“…Wireless sensor network (WSN) is considered as the enabling technology to increase coordination between the physical and virtual worlds. A typical WSN is composed of a large number of computing devices known as nodes which are responsible for sensing and reporting some phenomenon to a sink or base-station where some useful conclusions are drawn from the reported data. …”

On the Multimodal Resolution of a Search Sequence in Virtual Reality by Nils Klowait

“…In virtual reality (VR), participants may not always have hands, bodies, eyes, or even voices—using VR helmets and two controllers, participants control an avatar through virtual worlds that do not necessarily obey familiar laws of physics; moreover, the avatar’s bodily characteristics may not neatly match our bodies in the physical world. …”
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Exploring relevant technologies for simulating user interaction in Metaverse virtual spaces by Ion Alexandru MARINESCU, Dragoș-Daniel IORDACHE

“…This convergence allows the creation of complex virtual worlds, enhances user interactions, enables dynamic environments, facilitates seamless integration across platforms, and ensures scalability and persistence, alongside several privacy, security, ethical and legal challenges to be considered. …”
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A Security Generic Service Interface of Internet of Things (IoT) Platforms by Mi Kim, Nam Yong Lee, Jin Ho Park

“…Internet of Things (IoT) platforms are the key for the development of scalable IoT applications and services that connect real and virtual worlds between objects, systems, and people. However, as the IoT platform market represents a truly new market segment that was almost non-existent a few years ago, the platforms are complex and changing quickly. …”
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Research Trends on Smart Connected Products in The Industry 4.0: A Systematic Literatur Review by Fahma Fakhrina, Sutopo Wahyudi, Pujiyanto Eko, Nizam Muhammad

“…Through applying CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems) technology, Industry 4.0 combines the physical and virtual worlds to increase company productivity and efficiency. …”
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Warm and Cold Start Quantum Annealing for Metaverse Resource Optimization by Mahzabeen Emu, Salimur Choudhury, Kai Salomaa

“…Metaverse refers to the intersection of parallel virtual worlds with their physical counterparts by allowing users to interact with virtual people, objects, and environments. …”
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Video Gaming Faith: Playing Out Theologies of Religions by Gregory D. Jones

“…How can plurality be framed for people whose sense of relationality is shaped by their participation in virtual worlds? One answer emerges in this autoethnographic consideration of how video gaming “plays out” fresh understandings of the interreligious encounter and relationality. …”
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VNetOS: Virtualised Distributed and Parallel Sensor Network Operating Environment for the IoT and SHM by Stefan Bosse

“…The framework provides augmented virtuality, i.e., a coupling of physical and virtual worlds.…”
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Digital Twin and Internet of Things—Current Standards Landscape by Michael Jacoby, Thomas Usländer

“…Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing industrial production by bridging the physical and the virtual worlds and further improving digitalization. Two essential building blocks in industry 4.0 are digital twins (DT) and the internet of things (IoT). …”
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Malevolent Creativity & the Metaverse by Aman Bajwa

“…It is likely that as the metaverse develops, gaming will offer a unique social experience through its features such as virtual worlds. Based on this, it is important for policymakers to look at extremist subcultures that will operate in the metaverse through these virtual features. …”
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Fostering academic citizenship through ubiquitous technologies in an online academic conference: A framework and its implications by Scott Grant, Grace Yue Qi, Yu-Ju Lan, Pei-Yu Cheng

“…Our findings highlighted the effectiveness of the design in fostering academic citizenship, supported by multiuser virtual worlds like Second Life that enabled social engagement and knowledge building. …”
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