Academic Articles & Research Papers

Vlad - Virtual Reality Application for Treatment of Psychosomatic Conditions: A report at final stage of software validation process

The present work aims to demonstrate that Virtual Reality (VR) can investigate several pathologies, in this case the treatment of all phenomena which interrupt the relationship between cognition and representation, such as defences in psych...

A bibliometric review of unilateral neglect: Trends, frontiers, and frameworks

BACKGROUND: Owing to the adverse effects of unilateral neglect (UN) on rehabilitation outcomes, fall risk, and activities of daily living, this field has gradually got considerable interest. Notwithstanding, there is presently an absence of...

Applications and outcomes of virtual reality in inpatient psychiatry: A systematic review.

Lightweight Road Image Segmentation Algorithm Based on Multi-Scale Feature Fusion for Blind Guiding Scenarios

Image segmentation is a crucial technology for environmental perception, and it is widely used in various scenarios such as autonomous driving and virtual reality. With the rapid development of technology, computer vision-based blind guidin...

Effectiveness of virtual reality exposure therapy in improving body dissatisfaction and shape-related concerns in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa: a controlled, randomized, superiority trial.

A human activity recognition method based on Vision Transformer

Abstract Human activity recognition has a wide range of applications in various fields, such as video surveillance, virtual reality and human–computer intelligent interaction. It has emerged as a significant research area in computer vision...

Deep Learning and Bidirectional Optical Flow Based Viewport Predictions for 360° Video Coding

The rapid development of virtual reality applications continues to urge better compression of 360° videos owing to the large volume of content. These videos are typically converted to 2-D formats using various projection techniques i...

Designing Virtual Reality Game-Based Learning for Computational Thinking Competency Development: Evidence from Vocational Education.

Discriminative feature encoding for intrinsic image decomposition

Abstract Intrinsic image decomposition is an important and long-standing computer vision problem. Given an input image, recovering the physical scene properties is ill-posed. Several physically motivated priors have been used to restrict th...

MAT-Fly: An Educational Platform for Simulating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Aimed to Detect and Track Moving Objects

The main motivation of this work is to propose a simulation approach for a specific task within the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) field, i.e., the visual detection and tracking of arbitrary moving objects. In particular, it is described MAT...

The psychological impact of the Metaverse

Abstract The Metaverse is no revolution, but another step in the evolution of the internet. Today we can observe various 3D virtual worlds with different focuses and purposes, like meeting spaces, education, or classic gaming. Most of these...

A Novel Methodology for Human Kinematics Motion Detection Based on Smartphones Sensor Data Using Artificial Intelligence

Kinematic motion detection aims to determine a person’s actions based on activity data. Human kinematic motion detection has many valuable applications in health care, such as health monitoring, preventing obesity, virtual reality, daily li...

Review: Deep Learning on 3D Point Clouds

A point cloud is a set of points defined in a 3D metric space. Point clouds have become one of the most significant data formats for 3D representation and are gaining increased popularity as a result of the increased availability of acquisi...

Gaze Point Estimation via Joint Learning of Facial Features and Screen Projection

In recent years, gaze estimation has received a lot of interest in areas including human–computer interface, virtual reality, and user engagement analysis. Despite significant advances in convolutional neural network (CNN) techniques, direc...

Applying the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model to a Virtual Reality-Assisted Cognitive Health Education Intervention to Promote Screening Uptake: Qualitative Study.

Virtual reality in skill development through user experience and technology advancements

Abstract New technologies, such as Virtual Reality (VR) / Virtual Environment (VE), which focus on User Experience (UX) to provide more engaging and immersive experiences, can help people grow their skills. Technology advancement is also an...

The Integration of Cone Beam Computed Tomography, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality in Dental Diagnostics, Surgical Planning, and Education: A Narrative Review

(1) Background: Advancements in dental imaging technologies have significantly transformed diagnostic and surgical practices. The integration of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), and...

Development and Validation of Student Enablers and Barriers in Online Learning Scale: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach

The evolution of technology has reshaped the educational landscape, with online learning emerging as a prominent and accessible alternative. Online learning offers broader access to education, allowing individuals to pursue learning opportu...