Virtual and Augmented Reality

Latest research

1. What matters in building vision–language–action models for generalist robots

   • Xinghang Li
   • Peiyan Li
   • Huaping Liu

   in Nature Machine Intelligence

   Article 11 February 2026

   

2. Task-irrelevant human and robot head movements bias gaze in humans who follow them through virtual reality

   • Inka Schmitz
   • Jochen Miksch
   • Wolfgang Einhäuser

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 10 February 2026

   

3. Analysis of the impact of virtual reality integration in nature education on primary school students’ ARCS model of learning motivation

   • Jian-Wei Tzeng
   • Shu-Ping Chang
   • Zhi-Xun Zhuang

   in Education and Information Technologies

   Article 10 February 2026

   

4. Digitization in Education Risks, Values and Opportunities

   • Luc Massou
   • Philippe Bonfils
   • Marco Alfonse

   in Communications in Computer and Information Science

   Conference proceedings 2026

   

5. The effects of a nature-based virtual reality environment on psychophysiological responses during exercise

   • Mehrdad Babaie
   • Fatemeh Khandan
   • Abdol Ali Banaiefar

   in Sport Sciences for Health

   Article 09 February 2026

   

6. Integration paradigm of intelligent digital twin into UAVs systems

   • Fadhila Tlili
   • Samiha Ayed
   • Lamia CHAARI FOURATI

   in Soft Computing

   Article 07 February 2026

   

7. Blowing into immersion: the effect of wind stimulation on different body areas in a VR motorcycle game

   • Yung-Ting Chen
   • Meng-Shiuan Tsai

   in Virtual Reality

   Article Open access 06 February 2026

   

8. Building and evaluating a realistic virtual world for large scale urban exploration from 360° videos

   • Mizuki Takenawa
   • Naoki Sugimoto
   • Kiyoharu Aizawa

   in Multimedia Tools and Applications

   Article 06 February 2026

   

9. Learning-based visual SLAM with optical flow and probabilistic volumetric fusion

   • Min-Hong Park
   • Jae-Hoon Cho
   • Yong-Tae Kim

   in Intelligent Service Robotics

   Article 06 February 2026

   

10. Projection Mahjong: augmenting real-world Mahjong experience

    • Takuya Kato
    • Tatsuhito Hasegawa

    in Multimedia Tools and Applications

    Article Open access 06 February 2026

    

11. Co-design and evaluation with construction workers of virtual reality and force feedback modalities for formwork panel action training

    • Mehdi Hafsia
    • Eric Monacelli
    • Laure Ducoulombier

    in Cognition, Technology & Work

    Article Open access 05 February 2026

    

12. Unity-based virtual reality for detector and event visualization in JUNO experiment

    • Kai-Xuan Huang
    • Tian-Zi Song
    • Zheng-Yun You

    in Nuclear Science and Techniques

    Article 05 February 2026

    

13. Self-evolution asset generation in native cloud VR game runtime using adversarial procedural action synthesis factory

    • Mingming Xu
    • Ye Ye

    in Discover Computing

    Article Open access 05 February 2026

    

14. VRR-CPD: adapting free and open-access distance simulation for the continuing interprofessional education of community emergency department providers on caring for children with acute emergencies

    • James Leung
    • Sabrina Lue Tam
    • Jabeen Fayyaz

    in Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

    Article 04 February 2026

15. Understanding online knowledge communities via social networks and self-regulation in synchronous VR co-creation for distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

    • Hsin-Yun Wang
    • Jerry Chih-Yuan Sun

    in Educational technology research and development

    Article Open access 04 February 2026

    

16. Metaverse Technologies for Accessing Isolated Geosites: A Digital Bridge for Immersive Geotourism

    • Zafer Karadayı
    • Cumali Yaşar
    • Emin U. Ulugergerli

    in Geoheritage

    Article Open access 04 February 2026

    

17. Converse Cave and Embodied Entelechia: an Integrated Philosophy of Virtuality Beyond Technological Determinism

    • Marcel Cotta

    in Philosophy & Technology

    Article Open access 03 February 2026

    

18. Usability Evaluation of Virtual Reality Laboratories in Biomedical Engineering Education

    • Deborah Moyaki
    • Nathaniel Hunsu
    • Cheryl Gomillion

    in Biomedical Engineering Education

    Article Open access 03 February 2026

    

19. Advanced depth map compression techniques for efficient 3D video communication

    • Yangang Cai
    • Zhilei Ling
    • Songlin Sun

    in Multimedia Tools and Applications

    Article 03 February 2026

    

20. Incrementaldreamer: scene-level 3D generation with incremental optimization

    • Haiqi Zhu
    • Zihao Zhang
    • Youdong Ding

    in Multimedia Systems

    Article 03 February 2026

    

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