Sketching in 3D : towards a fluid space for mind and body by Sung, Woongki

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Artificial sense technology: emulating and extending biological senses by Wang, Jianwu, Wang, Cong, Cai, Pingqiang, Luo, Yifei, Cui, Zequn, Loh, Xian Jun, Chen, Xiaodong

“…We envision artificial sense technology as a powerful perceptual interface that will play key roles in sensation substitution, digital healthcare, animal interactions, plant electronics, smart robots, and other areas that enrich the connections of the physical and virtual worlds.…”
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Anime characters creation using generative adversarial networks with user inputs by Ang, Himari Lixin

“…These models has potential applications in the entertainment industry for creating virtual worlds. The final year project aims to develop a GAN-based system for generating anime char- acters with user-defined attributes, allowing users to input desired characteristics such as hair color, eye shape, clothing style, and more to create customizable and unique anime character designs. …”
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Cultural Algorithms : Tools to Model Complex Dynamic Social Systems / by Reynolds, Robert G., author 278589

Technological Unemployment and Meaning in Life, a Buen Vivir Critique of the Virtual Utopia by Ignacio Cea, Anja Lueje Seeger, Thomas Wachter

“…According to him, living immersed in playful virtual worlds where new, expanded and personalized possibilities of personal and collective experiences and actions, could not only be perfectly meaningful lives, but furthermore, “be the utopia we are looking for” (Danaher, 2019, p. 270). …”
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Real-Time Navigation in Google Street View^{^®} Using a Motor Imagery-Based BCI by Liuyin Yang, Marc M. Van Hulle

“…Navigation in virtual worlds is ubiquitous in games and other virtual reality (VR) applications and mainly relies on external controllers. …”
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The promise of the metaverse in mental health: the new era of MEDverse by Antonio Cerasa, Andrea Gaggioli, Flavia Marino, Giuseppe Riva, Giovanni Pioggia

“…Since Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement about the development of new three-dimensional virtual worlds for social communication, a great debate has been raised about the promise of such a technology. …”
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Deep Spectral Meshes: Multi-Frequency Facial Mesh Processing with Graph Neural Networks by Robert Kosk, Richard Southern, Lihua You, Shaojun Bian, Willem Kokke, Greg Maguire

“…With the rising popularity of virtual worlds, the importance of data-driven parametric models of 3D meshes has grown rapidly. …”
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Enhancing attention in autism spectrum disorder: comparative analysis of virtual reality-based training programs using physiological data by Bhavya Sri Sanku, Yi (Joy) Li, Sungchul Jung, Chao Mei, Jing (Selena) He

“…To address this issue, virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a promising tool for attention training with the ability to create personalized virtual worlds, providing a conducive platform for attention-focused interventions. …”
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Enhancing STEM Education through Interactive Metaverses: A Case Study and Methodological Framework by J. Ernesto Solanes, Sergi Montava-Jordà, Emilio Golf-Laville, Vicente Colomer-Romero, Luis Gracia, Adolfo Muñoz

“…In recent years, the rapid growth of virtual reality has opened up new possibilities for creating immersive virtual worlds known as metaverses. With advancements in technology, such as virtual reality headsets, and the emergence of applications with social interaction, metaverses offer exciting opportunities for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education. …”
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Secure Preschool Education Using Machine Learning and Metaverse Technologies by Qifen Zhang

“…Within the metaverse, preschoolers can explore virtual worlds, participate in interactive simulations, and engage in educational games designed to enhance their cognitive and social development. …”
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Programmable places : mobile games for improving public space by Margeson, Scott (Scott Cedric)

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Exploring the role of racial and ethnic socialization in virtual reality (VR) narratives by Olson, Danielle Marie.

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Constructing the virtual as a social form by Nazmeeva, Alina.

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Evaluating design guidelines for intuitive, therefore sustainable, virtual reality authoring tools by Chamusca, Iolanda L., Cai, Yiyu, Silva, Pedro M. C., Ferreira, Cristiano V., Murari, Thiago B., Apolinario, Antonio L., Winkler, Ingrid

“…A group of engineering students with no prior experience in creating virtual worlds were tasked with examining the design guidelines while using the NVIDIA Omniverse Enterprise as an exemplary use case by following the tutorials in the platform. …”
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Interactive screenspace fragment rendering for direct illumination from area lights using gradient aware subdivision and radial basis function interpolation by Koa, Ming Di, Johan, Henry, Sourin, Alexei

“…Interactive rendering of direct illumination from area lights in virtual worlds has always proven to be challenging. In this paper, we propose a deferred multi-resolution approach for rendering direct illumination from area lights. …”
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Acute effects of game-based biofeedback training on trunk motion in chronic low back pain: a randomized cross-over pilot trial by Juliane Mueller, Daniel Niederer, Sarah Tenberg, Lukas Oberheim, Alina Moesner, Steffen Mueller

“…The intervention involved a sensor-based trunk exergame (guiding an avatar through virtual worlds). After carryover effect-analysis, pre-to-post intervention data were pooled between the two sequences followed by analyses of variances (paired t-test). …”
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Towards Future Internet: The Metaverse Perspective for Diverse Industrial Applications by Pronaya Bhattacharya, Deepti Saraswat, Darshan Savaliya, Sakshi Sanghavi, Ashwin Verma, Vatsal Sakariya, Sudeep Tanwar, Ravi Sharma, Maria Simona Raboaca, Daniela Lucia Manea

“…It will support a seamless mix of physical and virtual worlds (realities) and, thus, will be a game changer for the Future Internet, built on the Semantic Web framework. …”
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A Survey on Non-Destructive Smart Inspection of Wind Turbine Blades Based on Industry 4.0 Strategy by Mariya Dimitrova, Ahmad Aminzadeh, Mohammad Saleh Meiabadi, Sasan Sattarpanah Karganroudi, Hossein Taheri, Hussein Ibrahim

“…The wind energy industry is about to undergo a significant revolution due to the integration of the physical and virtual worlds driven by Industry 4.0. This paper aims to highlight the potential of Industry 4.0 to help exploit smart inspections for sustainable wind energy production. …”
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AR‐Enabled Persistent Human–Machine Interfaces via a Scalable Soft Electrode Array by Hodam Kim, Ho‐Seung Cha, Minseon Kim, Yoon Jae Lee, Hoon Yi, Sung Hoon Lee, Soltis Ira, Hojoong Kim, Chang‐Hwan Im, Woon‐Hong Yeo

“…Abstract Augmented reality (AR) is a computer graphics technique that creates a seamless interface between the real and virtual worlds. AR usage rapidly spreads across diverse areas, such as healthcare, education, and entertainment. …”
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