What is Virtual Reality?

• Definition of Virtual Reality (Technopedia)
• A guide to Extended Reality: What is the difference between VR, AR, MR? (Viget)
• 360 Video vs Virtual Reality: What's the Difference? (Tech TV)
• Book Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality is, How it Works, and What it Can Do (Amazon)
• Book Infinite Reality: Avatars, Eternal Life, New Worlds, and the Dawn of the Virtual Revolution (Amazon)

Virtual Reality in Industry, Entertainment, and Social Interaction

• Coronavirus Has Made WFH The New Normal. Here’s How Virtual Reality Can Help (Forbes)
• 5 Ways to Incorporate Virtual Reality Into Your Marketing Plan (Entrepeneur Europe)
• Virtual Reality Marketing website
• Report: Virtual Reality for Enterprise and Industrial Markets (OMDIA Tractica)
• How VR & AR Are Changing The Face of Sales & Marketing: the Migraine Experience by GSK (Twitter Technews)
• VR headsets more popular than tablets and wearables were at same stage (YouGov)
• Virtual Reality (VR) - Statistics & Facts (Statista)
• From Passive to Interactive: the Role of Agency in VR (Virtual Reality Pop)
• Understanding Haptics for VR (Virtual Reality Pop)
• Virtual reality PTSD treatment has 'big impact' for veterans (BBC)
• Factual Storytelling in 360 Video (BBC)
• The VOID website

What Equipment is Required?

• The best headset VR headsets for 2020 (PC)
• Best VR headsets in 2020: Standalone and PC-ready picks from Oculus, HTC and more (Wareable)
• Oculus website
• HTC Vive website
• Samsung VR Gear website
• VR Realities website
• Google Cardboard (Google AR/VR) website
• HeadGear website

VR Developers

• EON Reality website
• Scope AR website
• Visyon 360 website
• Unity website

Virtual Reality and Social Interactions

• Howard, M. C., et al (2020). A meta-analysis of virtual reality training programs for social skill development. Computers & Education, 144, 103707. Link to the paper
• Santl, J., et al (2019). Gender Differences in Stress Responses during a Virtual Reality Trier Social Stress Test. International Journal of Virtual Reality, 19(2), 1–15. Link to the paper
• D'Errico, F., et al (2019). “Prosocial”virtual reality as tool for monitoring engagement in intergroup helping situations (Vol. 74). Presented at the Socio-Affective Technologies an interdisciplinary approach SAT, At Bari.

Virtual Reality in Education

• Ferguson, C., et al (2020). On the role of interaction mode and story structure in virtual reality serious games. Computers & Education, 143, 103671. doi: 10.1016/j.compedu.2019.103671
• Makransky, G., et al (2019). Motivational and cognitive benefits of training in immersive virtual reality based on multiple assessments. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 35(6), 691–707. http://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12375
• Chen, J. C., et al (2019). Developing a hands‐on activity using virtual reality to help students learn by doing. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 20(11), 1–15. http://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12389

Virtual Reality and Health

• Kim, H. E., et al (2017). Effectiveness of self-training using the mobile-based virtual reality program in patients with social anxiety disorder. Computers in Human Behavior, 73, 614–619. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.017
• Cornick, J. E., & Blascovich, J. (2016). VIRTUAL REALITY AND EATING, DIABETES, AND OBESITY. In D. Combs, J. A. Sokolowski, & C. M. Banks (Eds.), The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education (1st ed., pp. 181–197). John Wiley & Sons.
• Loreto-Quijada, D., et al. (2014). Differential Effects of Two Virtual Reality Interventions: Distraction Versus Pain Control. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 17(6), 353–358. http://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2014.0057

Virtual Reality and Marketing

• Jung, J., et al (2019). Consumer experiences of virtual reality_ Insights from VR luxury brand fashion shows. Journal of Business Research, 1–0. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.038
• Alcañiz, M., et al (2019). Virtual reality in marketing: a framework, review and research agenda. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1–15. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01530
• Tussyadiah, I., et al (2016). Exploring the Persuasive Power of Virtual Reality Imagery for Destination Marketing. Presented at the 2016 Tourism, Travel, and Research Association International Conference.

Virtual Reality Research Labs

• Social Interaction Lab (Queen's University Belfast)
• Virtual Interaction and Communication Technology Research (University of California at Davis)
• Virtual Human Interaction (Stanford Univerity)
• Human Computer Interaction (Universität Würzburg)
• Virtual Embodiment Lab (Cornell University)
• Games and Virtual Environments Lab (University of Georgia)

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