Frontiers in Virtual Reality

Original Research

Accepted on 16 Apr 2025

Strangers and Friends Meet in Virtual Reality: The Influence of Prior Acquaintance in Social VR Scenarios

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Esen K Tütüncü
Ramon Oliva Martínez
Mel Slater

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1569708

Original Research

Published on 16 Apr 2025

The interplay of user preference and precision in different gaze-based interaction methods in virtual environments

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Björn R. Severitt
Yannick Sauer
Alexander Neugebauer
Rajat Agarwala
Nora Castner
Siegfried Wahl

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1576962

323 views

Editorial

Accepted on 15 Apr 2025

Exploring the Perceived Realism of XR Experiences: Unveiling the Impact of Cutting-Edge Simulation Tools and their Interplay with Human and Contextual Factors

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Mincheol Shin
David C. Jeong
Tamara Makana Chock

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1573248

232 views

Policy and Practice Reviews

Accepted on 15 Apr 2025

Rethinking privacy for avatars: biometric and inferred data in the metaverse

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Giovanni Sorrentino
Javier López-Guzmán

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1520655

322 views

Editorial

Accepted on 15 Apr 2025

Editorial: Ethics in the METAVERSE

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Judith Molka-Danielsen
Darren Mundy
Leonora Onarheim Bergsjø
Stella Hadjistassou

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1576244

353 views

Original Research

Accepted on 14 Apr 2025

Avatars for the Masses: Smartphone-Based Reconstruction of Humans for Virtual Reality

in Technologies for VR

Timo Menzel
Erik Wolf
Stephan Wenninger
Niklas Spinczyk
Lena Holderrieth
Carolin Wienrich
Ulrich Schwanecke
Marc Erich Latoschik
Mario Botsch

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1583474

281 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Apr 2025

Virtual assessment: using in-game behaviors during immersive role-play for contextually relevant assessment of fear of intimacy

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Yijun Qian
Luoying Lin
Yaning Li
Zhimeng Wang
Meng Li
Xin Tong
RAY LC

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1557903

393 views

Systematic Review

Accepted on 10 Apr 2025

Analyzing and Comparing Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Assisted Vocabulary Learning: A Systematic Review

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Mike Minwen Zhang
Harwati Hashim
Melor Md Yunus

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1522380

303 views

Original Research

Accepted on 10 Apr 2025

Inter-brain synchrony in real-world and virtual reality search tasks using EEG Hyperscanning

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Ashkan Hayati
Amit Barde
Ihshan Gumilar
Abdul Momin
Gun Lee
Alex Chatburn
Mark Billinghurst

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1469105

131 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Apr 2025

Current Status of Virtual Reality Researches at Healthcare: Thematic And Bibliometric

in Virtual Reality in Medicine

Mustafa Kafes
Yusuf Yalcin Ileri

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1411075

284 views

Systematic Review

Accepted on 07 Apr 2025

Scoping review on the effect of simulation interventions to reduce stigma towards schizophrenia patients

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Eva-Maria Weiß
Dagmar Unz
Frank Schwab

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1404156

Original Research

Accepted on 07 Apr 2025

Are you drunk? No, I am CybAR sick! -Interacting with the Real World via Pass-Through Augmented Reality is a Sobering Discovery

in Augmented Reality

Attila Bekkvik Szentirmai
Ole Andreas Alsos
Anne Britt Torkildsby
Yavuz Inal

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1533236

214 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

The impact of human agents on spatial navigation and knowledge acquisition in a virtual environment

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Tracy Sánchez Pacheco
Melissa Sarria Mosquera
Kaya Gärtner
Vincent Schmidt
Debora Nolte
Sabine U. König
Gordon Pipa
Peter König

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1497237

660 views

Original Research

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Reducing foreign language anxiety through repeated exposure to a customizable VR public speaking application

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Seonjeong Park
Damaris D. E. Carlisle
Zimu Cheng
Marco Gillies
Xueni Pan

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1519409

627 views

Perspective

Published on 02 Apr 2025

Designing diversity: ethical virtual agents for effective dermatological training

in Virtual Reality and Human Behaviour

Melisa Kujević
Michael Schmitz
Mert Akbal
Corbin Sassen
Marvin Mergen

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1389318

258 views

Review

Accepted on 01 Apr 2025

From Immersive Worlds to Virtual Showrooms: A Taxonomy of Virtual Reality Shopping Applications

in Virtual Reality in Industry

Sophia Elsholz
Jakob Johannes Korbel
Kevin Pham
Rüdiger Zarnekow

Frontiers in Virtual Reality

doi 10.3389/frvir.2025.1558475

177 views