A Meta-Review of Learning Research in Immersive Virtual Reality. (September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McGowin, Gregory; Fiore, Stephen M.; Oden, Kevin
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society ... Annual Meeting. Volume 65:Part 1(2021)
• Page Start: 894
• Page End: 898
• Publication Date: 2021-09
• Subjects: Human engineering -- Congresses; 620.8205
• DOI: 10.1177/1071181321651326
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1541-9312

Abstract

Research and development in virtual reality (VR) continues to influence all sectors of society. This has been particularly the case in the application of VR for learning and training. Due to the affordability of VR, it increasingly is providing a safe and cost-effective technology for studying learning and training. In this paper, we summarize findings from recent compilations of research in virtual reality that examined VR and learning. From this, we identify a set of recommendations distilled from these reviews in order to help the training research community structure their research based upon the extent empirical base. Our goal is to help the training community more effectively explore VR as a technology for learning.