Oculus Rift

The recent resurgence of interest in and widespread availability of virtual reality (VR) technology have paved the way for the use of VR systems as a gaming console. With the incessant popularity of VR gaming, the question then arises as to which input method affords the most intuitive interactive experience and provides the most enjoyable gaming user experience (UX). In an attempt to address these questions, the current study examined the impact of controller type (native VR controller vs. traditional gamepad controller) on video game UX in VR while playing a strategy game and an FPS game. Using both the native VR controller and traditional gamepad controller in a counterbalanced order, participants played a strategy and FPS game in VR and provided video game UX satisfaction ratings. Results of the strategy game experiment indicated that the two controllers were comparable in terms of perceived controller naturalness, sense of presence, and video game UX satisfaction during the gameplay, indicating that using a more natural input device did not lead to a superior VR gaming UX. Results of the FPS game experiment indicated that the two controllers were comparable in terms of, sense of presence and video game UX satisfaction during the gameplay, indicating that using a more natural input device did not lead to a superior VR gaming UX. However, results indicated that perceived controller naturalness was rated higher in the Oculus controllers than in the Xbox controllers, exhibiting that the Oculus controllers felt more natural.

Virtual Reality is a 3D artificial environment or a replication of a real or an imaginary environment. Oculus VR is a company which develops the product Rift. The product is the application of various different technologies combined with the concepts of modularity, flexibility and good user experience.

The recent acquisition of virtual reality (VR) company Oculus by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a harbinger for both the expansion of identities and the proliferation of relationships through social media platforms. Integrating VR into social media will undoubtedly add to the diversity by which users can interact with others and their world(s). The possibilities for segueing creative identity expression with various mediums of sociality are unbounded. To date, VR technology is used primarily in immersive gaming platforms as an interface with computer generated environments. The possibilities inherent to VR, however, extend far beyond video gaming, and include the possibilities for augmented perceptions of physical reality, as well as computer generated but yet still embodied forms of identity construction and social interactivity. The field of education, in particular, could be especially impacted by such developments as universities continue to rapidly promote an increasing array of interactive online teaching platforms. This paper will borrow various concepts from the work of Deleuze and Guattari (1991/1996, 1980/1987, 1972/1983) in order to explore VR technology’s capacity to transform how we construct our identities in relation to our world, both theoretically as well as in terms of social practice. The purpose of this paper is not to advance proscriptive arguments concerning the ways people ought to interact with and through contemporary technology; rather, the current state of VR technologies will be delineated, with the aim to suggest new ways to think about embodiment, identity, and interpersonal relatedness. We will argue that the field of psychology as well as the humanities more generally can be instrumental in cultivating sensitivity regarding these issues, but only insofar as their participants move past outdated theoretical conceptions of subjective experience and towards more comprehensive notions  of becoming-other through communal forms of subjective experimentation.

Analysis of virtual reality as fantasy and as a historical symptom. Enthusiasm conjuration, a concept developed by Derrida, is applied to technology to understand our ambivalent relationship to the concept of the Real. This text develops an hantology for new media art.

Virtual reality represents simulated three-dimensional environment created by hardware and software, which providing realistic experience and possibility of interaction to the end-user. Benefits provided by immersive virtual reality in educational setting were recognised in the past decades, however mass application was left out due to the lack of development and high price. Intensive development of new platforms and virtual reality devices in the last few years started up with Oculus Rift, and subsequently accelerated in the year 2014 by occurrence of Google Cardboard. Nowadays, for the first time in history, immersive virtual reality is available to millions of people. In the mid 2015 Google commenced developing Expeditions Pioneer Program aiming to massively utilise the Google Cardboard platform in education. Expeditions and other VR apps can enhance geography teaching and learning. Realistic experience acquired by utilisation of virtual reality in teaching process significantly overcome possibilities provided by images and illustrations in the textbook. Besides literature review on usage of virtual reality in education this paper presents suggestion of VR mobile apps that can be used together with the Google Cardboard head mounted displays (HMDs) in geography classes, thereby emphasising advantages and disadvantages as well as possible obstacles which may occur in introducing the immersive virtual reality in the educational process.

L'immersion s'est imposée comme un important concept pour appréhender le numérique dans la culture populaire1 comme dans les recherches académiques. Or cet usage n'est pas nouveau, il remonte à l'époque de la médiatisation de la réalité virtuelle dans les années 80 et 90. C'est à ce moment que ce terme fut fréquemment utilisé pour décrire l'expérience des dispositifs technologiques qui promettaient une plongée dans les mondes virtuels et une confusion entre la réalité et les simulacres. C'était déjà le risque dénoncé par Philippe Quéau: «Les images virtuelles ne sont jamais seulement des images, juste des images, elles possèdent des dessous, des derrières, des en-deçà et des au-delà, elles forment des mondes […] Celles-ci figurent le monde à leur façon et même le reconfigurent. Mais elles peuvent aussi le défigurer. C’est pourquoi il faut veiller, réellement veiller.» (Quéau, 1993: 9)

We introduce SpaceWalk, an experimental approach to allow a person to move around a small room while wearing a Head Mounted Display. The goal is to get immersed users in everyday settings out of their seats and naturally experiencing movement within the simulation. SpaceWalk integrates a wireless solution around commodity equipment and requires no calibration by the user. This allows a low encumbrance full-body immersion in virtual reality while walking around living-room sized real-world spaces. The platform combines a commodity Head Mounted Display (Oculus Rift), with a depth-based camera (Kinect2) capturing movement of body and limbs within the space. A tablet computer, carried in a backpack, runs commodity VR software (Unity) with our own extensions that integrate the components. A brief survey of the literature demonstrates a gap in that other systems do neither allow a person’s body to be routinely tracked without calibration, or movement around the space without the encumbrance of wires. The proposed full body immersive virtual reality platform opens the door to Virtual Reality in small environments, such as people’s homes, that is compelling, easy to setup and use. After half a century, VR is coming of age, yet routine and unencumbered movement still needs to be achieved. This paper offers a method for doing so. Its contribution is to make Virtual Reality accessible to a wider group of users who do not have access to a professional virtual reality facility. In doing so it may help to unlock new paradigms for work, learning and entertainment.

Simulation of a visual impairment may lead to a better understanding of how individuals with visual impairments perceive the world around them and could be a useful design tool for interface designers to identify accessibility barriers. Current simulation tools, however, suffer from a number of limitations, pertaining cost, accuracy and immersion. We present a simulation tool (SIMVIZ) that mounts a wide angle camera on a head-mounted display to create a see-through stereoscopic display that simulates various types and levels of visual impairments. A qualitative user study evaluates the immersiveness, usability and effectiveness of SIMVIZ versus using a smartphone based simulator. SIMVIZ enables quick accessibility inspections during iterative software development.

Following some comments on the nature of stereo perception as it relates to stereo video displays, a number of areas of interest are briefly reviewed and accompanied by extensive citations from the patent and technical literature. These include various methods of autostereoscopic display, stereoendoscopy, stereo sculpture, and holographic television. STEREOVISION AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS

Description de mon projet de recherche-création mené dans le cadre de ma maitrise en sciences de la communication à l'Université de Montréal.

In a nutshell for anglophones, The Cybernetic Rift of the Dead is a project that tends to create a video game dedicated to the Oculus Rift and that would simulate the ego death experience. The equipment implies Oculus Rift, EEG and captors (alpha brains, hearbeat, breathing,etc). The main domain we (the team behind this project) are interested in is VRT for virtual reality therapy.  The project takes place in the framework of a research-creation work (or arts based research in the US). I am a Ms candidate in Communication sciences at the University of Montreal.

The imminent introduction of highly immersive technologies for entertainment that bring exciting possibilities for the users also raises important questions regarding the impact on their well-being. Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP), a research approach focusing on understanding the psychosocial effects of video game playing by examining non-volitional phenomena (e.g., altered sensorial perceptions, automatic mental processes, involuntary motoric activations and behaviours related to playing video games), suggests similarities between gamers’ experiences reported after playing on conventional devices and side effects of highly immersive technologies (e.g., head-up mounted displays, highly realistic virtual environments). The aim of this paper is to discuss the challenges highly immersive technologies posit to the malleable human mind, taking into account not only the side-effects of the virtual immersion manifesting as physical symptoms, but also the psychosocial implications.

‘Sonido, espacio, inmersión e interacción’ es un proyecto de investigación basado en el desarrollo de una serie de entornos virtuales en los que se exploran los diferentes niveles de realidad a través de la interacción de las y los estudiantes con el espacio físico, la realidad aumentada y los mundos virtuales. A través de la integración de elementos de la vida cotidiana como el espacio urbano, se pretende reflexionar en torno al potencial y las dimensiones de acceso e interacción con el mundo virtual, a través de “puertas”, y dispositivos emergentes de interacción con el medio virtual como los HMD (head-mounted display) y los MSID (motion sensing input device). Los espacio virtual y físico se presentan, de este modo, como espacios de representación de eventos, escenarios de juegos, instrumentos musicales o museos interactivos que potencialmente pueden reflejar cualquier temática o problemática. Así como el segmento que se conforma entre el espacio físico y la realidad virtual es de
carácter continuo (continuo realidad-virtualidad), se proyecta una reflexión en torno alimpacto que ejercen las tecnologías digitales interactivas e inmersivas en la propia dimensión perceptiva, que se compone de diferentes rangos de longitud de onda (donde se encuentran enmarcados elementos como el color y el sonido).
El conocimiento de la naturaleza de estos dos segmentos continuos y la transformación del uso del espacio y las estrategias de aprendizaje proyectan perspectivas y escenarios emergentes de carácter multidimensional dentro del ámbito educativo, donde cada vez se fusionan más
disciplinas. Espacio, Inmersión, Interacción, tiene como objetivo principal realizar una serie de propuestas para redefinición del espacio educativo, donde se integren diferentes niveles de interacción, gracias a tecnologías como la realidad virtual, aumentada, o los dispositivos de interacción
basados en infrarrojos. La implantación de este tipo de tecnologías proyecta nuevas dinámicas de relación con el espacio y la información, potenciando líneas de investigación en metodologías experimentales e innovadoras.

El proyecto integra una serie de tecnologías que se describen a continuación:
-HMD o gafas de realidad virtual. Se utilizan las Oculus Rift DK2 a nivel experimental para experiencias inmersivas una serie de entornos virtuales desarrollados ad hoc para investigar en torno a su uso como contenidos educativos.
-Aplicaciones de realidad aumentada usar los elementos del espacio físico como experiencias interconectadas con el espacio virtual.
-Dispositivos de entrada basados en la detección por luz e infrarrojos, como Kinect o Leap Motion. A través del movimiento corporal o de las manos, se investigan en torno a las posibilidades de estos dispositivos para llevar a cabo actividades experimentales en el contexto
educativo, como el hacer sonar instrumentos musicales basados en programación o esculpir. -En líneas de investigación futuras, se plantea el uso de dispositivos y wearables que registran la actividad cerebral, de tipo Emotiv, para su uso experimental con fines educativos y su
implementación es espacios de aprendizaje.

It is the aim of most work with graphics, photography, and video to create vivid and compelling images. Though telepresence and virtual reality are new terms, there exists a vast body of research in stereoscopic vido and other fields with similar objectives. Most of this work has appeared in patent documents or obscure publications and is rarely cited. In order to stimulate research, a number of areas of interest are briefly reviewed and accompanied by extensive bibliographies. These include single camera and dual camera stereoscopy, corn-patible 3D recording and transmission, helmet mounted displays, field sequential stereo and head and eyetracking devices.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo propor um retrospecto histórico da evolução dos espaços de imersão, desde os panoramas, passando pelo estereoscópio até o advento da tecnologia de realidade virtual. Em paralelo a essa evolução serão apresentados conceitos propostos por autores como Pierre Lévy e Oliver Grau que propõem uma nova metodologia para o estudo das novas configurações surgidas a partir do advento tanto das tecnologias digitais quanto da rede mundial de computadores a partir do advento tanto das tecnologias digitais quanto da rede mundial de computadores. Em um segundo momento aplicaremos os conceitos apreendidos na análise da obra Swing das artistas Christin Marczinzik e Thi Binh Minh Nguye, apresentada no FILE - Festival Internacional de Linguagem Eletrônica em Vitória – ES em 2017.

The purpose of this presentation is to expose how Virtual Reality can enhance our understanding of behavioral patterns.

Virtual Reality allows us to create sensory illusions that produce a more or less believable simulation of reality.
The goal is to foster brain and behavioral responses in the virtual world that are analogous to those that occur in the real world.
Its efficiency has been outlined by numerous articles in recent years, but as a new practice, it suffers from recurrent methodological flaws.

Abstract Virtual Reality is becoming a complete and original way to leverage the enormous potential of the underwater cultural heritage world. In this paper, we illustrate how we used this tool and other 3D reconstruction to create a virtual experience on the Mercurio shipwreck. The brig Mercurio, sunk during the Battle of Grado (1812), currently lies at a depth of 17 m in the northern Adriatic Sea. Artifacts recovered during investigations made by the Universita Ca’ Foscari are now exposed in the Museum of the Sea in Caorle where a multimedia station has been installed. In order to create the virtual dive on this site, it was necessary to process legacy data from the photogrammetry surveys made during the excavation campaigns carried out when VR was unknown in archaeology. The paper presents this original way to create a virtual dive on an ancient shipwreck from archival and heterogeneous data.

English :

The purpose of the present project is to apply an innovative methodology so as to make the connection between archaeological data and neurosciences in order to analyze individual behavior in a place of worship. And, consequently, to confront the results of these analyzes with our prior interpretations propounded about the functions of the sacred space and ritual practices.
It is common knowledge that the interpretation process of archaeological remains and historical sources is by definition subject to cultural bias. Our views of the past are intimately dependent on modern socio-cultural constructs that determine our perception of the environment, which may differ significantly with the one of ancient societies. In this regard our goal is to put these interpretations through an analytical process that allow us to overcome cultural barriers. And, thereby, to further the joint use of theories about religious activities, which provide general frameworks to justify individual action, and individual case studies, which reverse the perspective and put again people at the heart of the analysis. Therefore it will be the points of convergence and divergence resulting from the two approaches that will provide unprecedented understanding of ancient religious practices.
Besides the results, as for every new methodology, we will learn a lot by carefully scrutinizing every step of this experimental process. We are still in an exploratory phase, for which protocols are not yet fixed and boundaries unknown: should we restrain ourselves to 3D scan for which the remains are still preserved? Or can we also make use of well documented archaeological data, for which we have to produce 3D restitutions? And in this case, what is the “price” of such uncertainty?

Français :

Le but du présent projet est d’appliquer une méthodologie innovante, faisant la liaison entre les données archéologiques et l’essor récent des neurosciences, afin d’analyser les comportements individuels dans un lieu de culte antiques et, par extension, confronter ces résultats aux interprétations émises sur le fonctionnement de l’espace sacré et sur les pratiques rituelles qui y prennent place.
En effet le processus d’interprétation des vestiges archéologiques et des sources historiques est par définition sujet à des biais culturels. Nous sommes tributaires de constructions culturelles et sociales modernes qui déterminent notre perception de l’environnement, qui peut diverger de façon considérable avec la perception des sociétés anciennes. L’objectif est donc d’éprouver ces interprétations au moyen d’analyses qui nous autorisent à dépasser les barrières culturelles. Favorisant par-là l’utilisation conjointe de théories sur les activités religieuses, qui proposent des cadres généraux pour justifier l’action individuelle, à des études de cas individuelles, qui renversent la perspective et replacent l’humain au coeur de l’analyse. Dès lors ce seront les points de convergence et de divergence des deux approches qui offriront des clefs de compréhension inédites quant aux pratiques cultuelles.
Au-delà des résultats à proprement parler, c’est aussi l’efficacité et les possibilités offertes par l’application de ces nouveaux procédés qui est en jeu. Nous sommes toujours dans une phase exploratoire, où les protocoles ne sont pas encore fixés, et les limites incertaines : doit-on se limiter à des scan 3D de vestiges encore conservés en place ? Peut-on aussi explorer des situations bien documentées, mais qui impliquent un processus de restitution, plutôt que la simple transposition du réel dans un univers numérique ? A quel prix ?

Although 3D models are useful to preserve the information about historical artefacts, the potential of these digital contents are not fully accomplished until they are not used to interactively communicate their significance to non-specialists. Starting from this consideration, a new way to provide museum visitors with more information was investigated. The research is aimed at valorising and making more accessible the Egyptian funeral objects exhibited in the Sforza Castle in Milan. The results of the research will be used for the renewal of the current exhibition, at the Archaeological Museum in Milan, by making it more attractive. A 3D virtual interactive scenario regarding the “path of the dead”, an important ritual in ancient Egypt, was realized to augment the experience and the comprehension of the public through interactivity. Four important artefacts were considered for this scope: two ushabty, a wooden sarcophagus and a heart scarab. The scenario was realized by integrating...

To some, the VR technology seems like not only a tremendous development, but—more importantly—the natural next step in game design. However, flat, non-interactive screens have been the default display device for digital games for a very long time and the newly emerging VR environment involves problems with immersion/incorporation. The first important issue concerns its emersive qualities. The other issue is the problem of the expected and perceived quality of the games and the resulting situation where non-VR games are still expected to uphold the highest achieveable standards while the VR titles are not.

The recent resurgence of interest in and widespread availability of virtual reality (VR) technology have paved the way for the use of VR systems as a gaming console. With the incessant popularity of VR gaming, the question then arises as to which input method affords the most intuitive interactive experience and provides the most enjoyable gaming user experience (UX). In an attempt to address these questions, the current study examined the impact of controller type (native VR controller vs. traditional gamepad controller) on video game UX in VR while playing a strategy game and an FPS game. Using both the native VR controller and traditional gamepad controller in a counterbalanced order, participants played a strategy and FPS game in VR and provided video game UX satisfaction ratings. Results of the strategy game experiment indicated that the two controllers were comparable in terms of perceived controller naturalness, sense of presence, and video game UX satisfaction during the gameplay, indicating that using a more natural input device did not lead to a superior VR gaming UX. Results of the FPS game experiment indicated that the two controllers were comparable in terms of, sense of presence and video game UX satisfaction during the gameplay, indicating that using a more natural input device did not lead to a superior VR gaming UX. However, results indicated that perceived controller naturalness was rated higher in the Oculus controllers than in the Xbox controllers, exhibiting that the Oculus controllers felt more natural.

In questo paragrafo sarà sviluppata l'analisi dei progetti VR, andando a studiare nello specifico il riscontro degli spettatori a questa "nuova esperienza artistica". Per meglio rappresentare il punto di vista dello spettatore, ho voluto preparare un questionario da sottoporre al pubblico dei progetti VR, contenente domande relative alla loro esperienza. Il questionario "Virtual Reality Experience" da me sottoposto agli spettatori del concorso di "Virtual Reality Cinema" all'interno della "75 Mostra d'Arte Cinematografica La Biennale di Venezia" è stato precedentemente autorizzato dal direttore Alberto Barbera , con la cortese collaborazione di Giulia Toccafondi e lo staff della biennale. La raccolta dei dati è stata fatta su un campione di 187 partecipanti nei giorni compresi tra il 31 agosto ed il 2 settembre, nell'isola del Lazzaretto Vecchio di Venezia, sede principale del concorso di "Virtual Reality Cinema". Ciò che ho studiato è il risultato dei dati da me elaborati e rappresentati tramite dei grafici di analisi; analizzerò dati base quali : "il sesso", "l'eta"," la nazionalità " dei parteciparti al questionario. Successivamente mostrerò un'analisi più complessa mettendo in relazione i dati base e le risposte alle domande riguardanti l'individuale esperienza dei soggetti, ad esempio: " le emozioni provocate dell'esperienza VR, "i sensi più coinvolti nell'esperienza VR", " l'immedesimazione nell'esperienza" etc … Tali dati saranno da me utilizzati per una finale riflessione sugli oggetti di studio presi in considerazione per la mia tesi di laurea su le " Nuove Forme di Coinvolgimento dello spettatore in Virtual Reality ". ! 58

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People may not be able to spare time to do whatever they want to do because of their heavy workload. In addition to this, physical disabilities may also be another reason that hinder them. Besides, reasons such as high financial costs may obscure them to be in the places where they want to be or to perform the activities they want to. In this study, it is aimed that the historical space of Malatya Caravanserai can be visited in three dimensional virtual reality environment, as well as the application of different virtual reality applications to users and taking users’ opinions about these virtual reality environments. Another aim of this study is to identify the problems that may arise during virtual reality applications and to offer solutions to these problems. Formative research technique was used in the study. The formative research technique aims to be the basis for designing or improving instructional practices as well as being a design theory. The pilot of the study was conducted with five students studying at a public university in Central Anatolia Region of Turkey and the final implementation was conducted with 20 students studying in different departments of the same university. When selecting the study group, convenience sampling method was used. All users who participated in the study were selected from volunteers. The data in the study were obtained by the “Virtual Reality Environments Evaluation Interview Form” developed by the researchers. With this form, users were asked about: what they felt as a result of the virtual reality experience, what features they found positive and negative in practice, in which areas virtual reality applications could be used, potential uses of virtual reality in education, and what points must be further developed in the applications. In this study, the historical place known as Malatya’s Caravanserai was modelled in three dimensions and transferred to virtual reality environment. Later, users travelled in this environment to gain experience. In addition, a few virtual reality applications already available on Oculus's website (https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/) were experienced by users. While the Caravanserai historical site was developed in the virtual reality environment, firstly the Unity game engine, then the Oculus Rift virtual reality goggles, and the motion controller were properly connected. Then the three-dimensional drawings of the historical site were modelled with the SketchUp program. Texturing of modelled objects was also made in SketchUp program. In the next stage, the modelled three dimensional objects were transferred to the Unity game engine. After the audio and visuals for the environment were added, a virtual reality environment was developed. The virtual reality environment was tested with five students as a pilot study. The final implementation was started when no technical problems were observed in the pilot study. The main study was conducted by one of the researchers, in the office of another researcher. The environment in which the work was conducted was the same for each user. In the environment, attention has been paid to the variables (noise, temperature, light, ambient air) that may disturb the users. Each user who participated in the final implementation of the study had experience using virtual reality goggles and spent at least 10 minutes in the virtual reality environment. In the name of the provision of external validity (transferability), the findings have been described directly and the data have been reported in detail. The environments and processes were defined to ensure external reliability (confirmability). After the raw data set was stored and read twice, draft codes were determined. To maintain the internal reliability (consistency), the researchers did not add their own interpretations to the data when analyzing the interview data. The data obtained with the data collection tool were interpreted by making a content analysis. The opinions of the users about what they felt, the areas in which the virtual reality could be used, and their use in the educational field were taken at the end of the virtual reality experience. In addition, users were also asked about how the virtual reality applications could be improved. As a result of the content analysis, five main themes were obtained: positive experience, negative experience, areas of use, potential use in education, and improvement. According to the results of the study, virtual reality environments are interesting, impressive and intriguing, and providing people with a unique experience. Virtual reality environments bring experiences that are close to reality and at the same time lead to realistic sense of space. That is, virtual reality environments provide the permanence of learning. Virtual reality environments have been criticized by users for reasons such as dizziness, nausea, shortness of breath such as sweating, clarity of vision, and difficulties in controlling with head movements. In the study, it was deduced that virtual reality could be used in fields such as education, health, engineering, games, and entertainment. Virtual reality applications can facilitate learning, provide more permanent learning, save the person from memorization, provide transference of learning, support learning by experiencing, provide learning while enjoying from the learning process and save the education from boredom, can reduce the lack of information, make the learning environment richer, lower the cost of education, gain different experiences for the users, increase the interest in the courses, and improve the achievement. Given these positive results for the use of virtual reality in education, it can be concluded that virtual reality practices can be effective in learning. In subsequent works, tools and materials that allow more ergonomic and easier mobility in virtual reality environments can be used to create a more effective virtual reality environment. In addition, the image quality of applications can be improved, appropriate practices can be developed in accordance with the age, psychological and physiological characteristics of the persons, still objects in the environment can be given motion characteristics, careful attention to the length of the application period can be shown, and practices can be developed in the context of formal and informal learning. Also, once the improvements are made in the application content, new research can be done with more and representative users.

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Bu çalışmada Malatya Kervansaray tarihi mekânının ve diğer bazı mekânların üç boyutlu sanal gerçeklik ortamında gezilmesinin ardından bu sanal gerçeklik ortamlarına yönelik kullanıcı görüşleri alınmıştır. Çalışmanın amacı sanal gerçeklik uygulamalarında ortaya çıkabilecek problemleri belirlemek ve bu problemlere çözüm önerileri sunabilmektir. Çalışmaya bir devlet üniversitesinin farklı bölümlerinde okumakta olan 20 öğrenci katılmıştır. Çalışma grubu belirlenirken kolay ulaşılabilir örnekleme yöntemi kullanılmıştır. Çalışmaya katılan her bir kullanıcı sanal gerçeklik gözlüğü kullanarak sanal gerçeklik ortamında en az 10 dakika zaman geçirerek bir deneyim yaşamıştır. Çalışmada biçimlendirici araştırma tekniği kullanılmıştır. Çalışmadaki veriler araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen “Sanal Gerçeklik Ortamları Değerlendirme Görüş Formu” ile elde edilmiş, veriler içerik analizi yapılarak yorumlanmıştır. Çalışma sonunda kullanıcılar sanal gerçeklik ortamlarının potansiyel avantajlarını ve sanal gerçeklik ortamlarında ortaya çıkabilecek potansiyel problemleri belirtmiştir. Ayrıca sanal gerçeklik ortamlarının nasıl daha iyi hale getirilebileceği yönünde kullanıcılar tarafından bir takım önerilerde bulunulmuştur. Çalışma sonunda kullanıcı görüşleri ve önerileri doğrultusunda sanal gerçeklik ortamlarını daha etkili hale getirebilmek için araştırmacılar tarafından bir takım çözüm önerileri sunulmuştur.