Similarities and Differences between Immersive Virtual Reality, Real World, and Computer Screens: A Systematic Scoping Review in Human Behavior Studies by Daniel Hepperle, Matthias Wölfel

“…Overall, the data show that virtual worlds presented in an HMD are more similar to real-world situations than to computer screens. …”
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Authoring Tools for Procedural Modeling of Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation Exercises by David Quintana, Antonio Rodriguez, Imma Boada

“…The system provides easy-to-use editors for the experts to prepare rehabilitation exercises that will take place in an expanding and varied open virtual world created using procedural generation strategies. …”
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A Review of Data-Driven Decision-Making Methods for Industry 4.0 Maintenance Applications by Alexandros Bousdekis, Katerina Lepenioti, Dimitris Apostolou, Gregoris Mentzas

“…The main research directions include the coupling of decision-making with augmented reality for seamless interfacing that combines the real and virtual worlds of manufacturing operators; methods and techniques for addressing uncertainty of data, in lieu of emerging Internet of Things (IoT) devices; integration of maintenance decision-making with other operations such as scheduling and planning; utilization of the cloud continuum for optimal deployment of decision-making services; capability of decision-making methods to cope with big data; incorporation of advanced security mechanisms; and coupling decision-making with simulation software, autonomous robots, and other additive manufacturing initiatives.…”
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Influence of Avatar Facial Appearance on Users’ Perceived Embodiment and Presence in Immersive Virtual Reality by Haejung Suk, Teemu H. Laine

“…Immersive virtual reality (VR) based on head-mounted displays has been identified as one of the key interaction technologies of the future metaverse, which comprises diverse interconnected virtual worlds and users who traverse between those worlds and interact with each other. …”
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Reviewing the potentials of MMOGs as research environments: A case study from the strategy game Travian by Siegfried Müller, Raji Ghawi, Jürgen Pfeffer

“…However, there is an ongoing debate on whether these virtual worlds are able to represent real world scenarios. …”
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Detection of Removed Objects in 3D Meshes Using Up-to-Date Images for Mixed-Reality Applications by Olivier Roupin, Matthieu Fradet, Caroline Baillard, Guillaume Moreau

“…Precise knowledge of the real environment is a prerequisite for the integration of the real and virtual worlds in mixed-reality applications. However, real-time updating of a real environment model is a costly and difficult process; therefore, hybrid approaches have been developed: An updated world model can be inferred from an offline acquisition of the 3D world, which is then updated online using live image sequences under the condition of developing fast and robust change detection algorithms. …”
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Toward immersive communications in 6G by Xuemin (Sherman) Shen, Jie Gao, Mushu Li, Conghao Zhou, Shisheng Hu, Mingcheng He, Weihua Zhuang

“…The sixth generation (6G) networks are expected to enable immersive communications and bridge the physical and the virtual worlds. Integrating extended reality, holography, and haptics, immersive communications will revolutionize how people work, entertain, and communicate by enabling lifelike interactions. …”
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Digital Twin for Math Education: A Study on the Utilization of Games and Gamification for University Mathematics Education by Jung Yeop Lee, Chong Un Pyon, Jiyoung Woo

“…Leveraging digital twin technology for game and gamification, we created an immersive learning environment that allows students to visualize mathematical concepts through games, pair gamification factors on physical and virtual worlds, and engage in interactive problem-solving activities. …”
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(Not) Playing Games: Player-Produced Walkthroughs as Archival Documents of Digital Gameplay by James Newman

“…The subject of digital game preservation is one that has moved up the research agenda in recent years with a number of international projects, such as KEEP and Preserving Virtual Worlds, highlighting and seeking to address the impact of media decay, hardware and software obsolescence through different strategies including code emulation, for instance. …”
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(Not) Playing Games: Player-Produced Walkthroughs as Archival Documents of Digital Gameplay by James Newman

“…The subject of digital game preservation is one that has moved up the research agenda in recent years with a number of international projects, such as KEEP and Preserving Virtual Worlds, highlighting and seeking to address the impact of media decay, hardware and software obsolescence through different strategies including code emulation, for instance. …”
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Creating novel Mixed Reality experiences using existing sensors and peripherals by Trujano, Fernando

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Space, place, and database : layers of digital cartography by Finkelberg, Amanda (Amanda Suzanne)

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The reality of virtual romance : investigating romantic relationships in video games by Chua, Caris Xin Yi, Munifa Shaza Mohammad Fadilah, Nur Sabrena Abdul Kadir

“…Analysis of 47 in-depth interviews showed that video games facilitate the navigation of romantic relationships between the real and virtual worlds, but the transition is often not fully seamless, and differs for each romantic couple.…”
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Innovation through practice: The messy work of making technology useful for architecture, engineering and construction teams by Dossick, C, Osburn, L, Neff, G

“…<strong>Purpose</strong> Through the study of visualizations, virtual worlds and information exchange, the purpose of this paper is to reveal the complex connections between technology and the work of design and construction. …”

Collecting conversations: three approaches to obtaining user‐to‐user communications data from virtual environments by Lehdonvirta, M, Lehdonvirta, V, Nagashima, Y

Everything is alive: towards the future wisdom Web of things by Eguchi, A, Nguyen, H, Thompson, C

“…The second case study is to show how the software simulator and hardware implementation are abstracted from the underlying algorithm, and thus, it serves as an example of how virtual worlds can be used as a test bed for W2T, especially with regards to the development of the remaining steps of the W2T cycle.…”

Metaverse for Healthcare: Technologies, Challenges, and Vision by Yihong Yang, Zhangbing Zhou, Xiaocui Li, Xiao Xue, Patrick C. K. Hung, Sami Yangui

“…By fostering collaboration and evolution between intelligent agents in the virtual world, knowledge of this interdependence can be reconstructed in the digital realm. …”
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Demonstrator of a Digital Twin for Education and Training Purposes as a Web Application by Stanislaw Flaga, Kacper Pacholczak

“…One of its key technological solutions – the digital twin – serves as a bridge between the real and virtual worlds. Designs for both products and tools to make these products are generated in the virtual world. …”
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Reusing Components from Cultural Heritage Games – the RAGE Project Approach by K. Stefanov, B. Bontchev, P. Boytchev, A. Georgiev, A. Grigorov

“…Video games proved to be an attractive media for presenting cultural heritage issues. They can use virtual worlds to present cultural and historic information in amazing and highly appealing way. …”
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Representation of Historical Events and Realities in the Space of Virtualized Global Strategy Game Universes by V. M. Ovchinnikov

“…The goals are: 1) to analyze key aspects of virtualized game simulation in the form of global strategy; 2) to systematize characteristic features of the combination of scientific and subjective factors in game simulation; 3) to identify the influence of the cultural factor on creating virtual worlds in games; 4) to conduct case-studies considering games through the prism of the theoretical framework of game simulation. …”
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