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What is Virtual Reality?

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

Virtual Reality in Industry, Entertainment, and Social Interaction

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

What Equipment is Required?

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

VR Developers

• EON Reality
• Scope AR
• Visyon 360
• Unity

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.
• 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.
• D'Errico, F., et al (2019). “Prosocial”virtual reality as tool for monitoring engagement in intergroup helping situations (). 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.
• 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.
• 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.

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.
• Cornick, J. E., & Blascovich, J. (2016). . 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.

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.
• Alcañiz, M., et al (2019). Virtual reality in marketing: a framework, review and research agenda. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1–15.
• Tussyadiah, I., et al (2016). . Presented at the 2016 Tourism, Travel, and Research Association International Conference.

Virtual Reality Research Labs

• Social Interaction Lab (°Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Belfast)
• Virtual Interaction and Communication Technology Research ()
• Virtual Human Interaction ()
• Human Computer Interaction ()
• Virtual Embodiment Lab ()
• Games and Virtual Environments Lab ()

• Community Relations Council ()
• Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum ()
• Shankill Women's Centre ()
• Greater Whitewell Community Surgery ()
• The Playhouse ()
• Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin ()
• Falls Community Council ()
• The Nerve Centre ()
• Good Relations Working Group at Mid Ulster District ()
• Community Dialogue ()
• Institute for Conflict Research ()
• The Belfast Interface Project ()
• The Peace Walls Programme ()