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Nexus NX1: Neue Ganzkörpersteuerung für humanoide Roboter und Virtual Reality
Handschuhe, Laufband, Schuhe und VR-Brille: Mit dem Komplettpaket "Nexus NX1" sollen Avatare in Virtual Reality und humanoide Roboter gesteuert werden können.

Riechen für mehr Immersion: „Escents“ bringt Gerüche in die Virtual Reality
Das tragbare Gerät „Escents“ will Gerüche in VR und AR einbinden und setzt dabei auf magnetische Duftkapseln, Bluetooth-Anbindung und Unity-Unterstützung.

Virtual Reality mit ChatGPT: Sprachgesteuerte Hand ersetzt Controller
Eine virtuelle Hand soll Sprachbefehlen folgen und Virtual Reality auch ohne Hände und Controller nutzbar machen – dank ChatGPT.
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Beyond the Empathy Machine: Critical Perspectives on Virtual Reality (Book)
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Gauging the Competition: Understanding Social Comparison and Anxiety through Eye-tracking in Virtual Reality Group Interview
Shi-Ting Ni, Kairong Fang, Yuyang Wang, Pan Hui
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12590

Gauging the Competition: Understanding Social Comparison and Anxiety through Eye-tracking in Virtual Reality Group Interview
Virtual Reality (VR) is a promising tool for interview training, yet the psychological dynamics of group interviews, such as social comparison, remain underexplored. We investigate this phenomenon by developing an immersive VR group interview system and conducting an eye-tracking study with 73 participants. We manipulated peer performance using ambiguous behavioral cues (e.g., hand-raising) and objective information (public test scores) to measure their effect on participants' attention and sel…

GS-Verse: Mesh-based Gaussian Splatting for Physics-aware Interaction in Virtual Reality
Anastasiya Pechko, Piotr Borycki, Joanna Waczy\'nska, Daniel Barczyk, Agata Szyma\'nska, S{\l}awomir Tadeja, Przemys{\l}aw Spurek
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11878

GS-Verse: Mesh-based Gaussian Splatting for Physics-aware Interaction in Virtual Reality
As the demand for immersive 3D content grows, the need for intuitive and efficient interaction methods becomes paramount. Current techniques for physically manipulating 3D content within Virtual Reality (VR) often face significant limitations, including reliance on engineering-intensive processes and simplified geometric representations, such as tetrahedral cages, which can compromise visual fidelity and physical accuracy. In this paper, we introduce \our{} (\textbf{G}aussian \textbf{S}platting…

MVP4D: Multi-View Portrait Video Diffusion for Animatable 4D Avatars
Felix Taubner, Ruihang Zhang, Mathieu Tuli, Sherwin Bahmani, David B. Lindell
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12785

MVP4D: Multi-View Portrait Video Diffusion for Animatable 4D Avatars
Digital human avatars aim to simulate the dynamic appearance of humans in virtual environments, enabling immersive experiences across gaming, film, virtual reality, and more. However, the conventional process for creating and animating photorealistic human avatars is expensive and time-consuming, requiring large camera capture rigs and significant manual effort from professional 3D artists. With the advent of capable image and video generation models, recent methods enable automatic rendering o…

Zehn Jahre und 100 Milliarden Dollar später: Wo bleibt Metas Metaverse?
Meta hat über 100 Milliarden Dollar in Virtual und Augmented Reality investiert. Was hat Meta erreicht, und was bleibt Vision? Eine Bestandsaufnahme.

Apple Vision Pro M5 review: everything looks sharper, especially virtual desktop mode, and the Dual Knit band is comfortable, but the headset still costs $3,500 (Lance Ulanoff/TechRadar)
https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtua

Apple Vision Pro M5 review: faster, clearer, and finally comfortable
New Apple silicon and a new headband level up the experience

Social Simulation for Integrating Self-Care: Measuring the Effects of Contextual Environments in Augmented Reality for Mental Health Practice
Anna Fang, Jiayang Shi, Hriday Chhabria, Bosi Li, Haiyi Zhu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12081

Social Simulation for Integrating Self-Care: Measuring the Effects of Contextual Environments in Augmented Reality for Mental Health Practice
Despite growing interest in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) for mental well-being, prior work using immersive interventions to teach mental health skills has largely focused on calming or abstract settings. As a result, little is known about how realistic social simulation may better support the transfer and application of skills to in-person environments. In this work, we present a 14-day user study with 43-participants comparing an augmented reality intervention simulating a realistic c…

🕶️ Community Analysis of Social Virtual Reality Based on Large-Scale Log Data of a Commercial Metaverse Platform
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Community Analysis of Social Virtual Reality Based on Large-Scale Log Data of a Commercial Metaverse Platform
This study quantitatively analyzes the structural characteristics of user communities within Social Virtual Reality (Social VR) platforms supporting head-mounted displays (HMDs), based on large-scale log data. By detecting and evaluating community structures from data on substantial interactions (defined as prolonged co-presence in the same virtual space), we found that Social VR platforms tend to host numerous, relatively small communities characterized by strong internal cohesion and limited …

Impact of HRTF individualisation and head movements in a real/virtual localisation task
Vincent Martin, Lorenzo Picinali
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09161 https://

Impact of HRTF individualisation and head movements in a real/virtual localisation task
The objective of Audio Augmented Reality (AAR) applications are to seamlessly integrate virtual sound sources within a real environment. It is critical for these applications that virtual sources are localised precisely at the intended position, and that the acoustic environments are accurately matched. One effective method for spatialising sound on headphones is through Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs). These characterise how the physical features of a listener modify sound waves befo…

Generative Multi-Sensory Meditation: Exploring Immersive Depth and Activation in Virtual Reality
Yuyang Jiang, Binzhu Xie, Lina Xu, Xiaokang Lei, Shi Qiu, Luwen Yu, Pan Hui
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11830

Generative Multi-Sensory Meditation: Exploring Immersive Depth and Activation in Virtual Reality
Mindfulness meditation has seen increasing applications in diverse domains as an effective practice to improve mental health. However, the standardized frameworks adopted by most applications often fail to cater to users with various psychological states and health conditions. This limitation arises primarily from the lack of personalization and adaptive content design. To address this, we propose MindfulVerse, an AI-Generated Content (AIGC)-driven application to create personalized and immersi…

Ultraschall statt Kamera: LLMs erkennen Gesten zur Steuerung in Virtual Reality
Forscher wollen herkömmliches Tracking in Virtual Reality und Augmented Reality mit einer Kombination aus Schallwellenmessung und LLMs ersetzen.

PhySIC: Physically Plausible 3D Human-Scene Interaction and Contact from a Single Image
Pradyumna Yalandur Muralidhar, Yuxuan Xue, Xianghui Xie, Margaret Kostyrko, Gerard Pons-Moll
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.11649

PhySIC: Physically Plausible 3D Human-Scene Interaction and Contact from a Single Image
Reconstructing metrically accurate humans and their surrounding scenes from a single image is crucial for virtual reality, robotics, and comprehensive 3D scene understanding. However, existing methods struggle with depth ambiguity, occlusions, and physically inconsistent contacts. To address these challenges, we introduce PhySIC, a framework for physically plausible Human-Scene Interaction and Contact reconstruction. PhySIC recovers metrically consistent SMPL-X human meshes, dense scene surface…

Quantifying Locomotion Differences Between Virtual Reality Users With and Without Motor Impairments
Rachel L. Franz, Jacob O. Wobbrock
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07987 https://

Quantifying Locomotion Differences Between Virtual Reality Users With and Without Motor Impairments
Today's virtual reality (VR) systems and environments assume that users have typical abilities, which can make VR inaccessible to people with physical impairments. However, there is not yet an understanding of how inaccessible locomotion techniques are, and which interactions make them inaccessible. To this end, we conducted a study in which people with and without upper-body impairments navigated a virtual environment with six locomotion techniques to quantify performance differences among gro…

Visual, auditory, and audiovisual time-to-collision estimation among participants with age-related macular degeneration compared to a normal-vision group: the TTC-AMD study https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0337549

Visual, auditory, and audiovisual time-to-collision estimation among participants with age-related macular degeneration compared to a normal-vision group: The TTC-AMD study
Little is known about whether and to what degree people with different amounts of visual impairment rely on hearing instead of vision for mobility, particularly in judgments of collision. We measured how much importance was assigned to visual and auditory cues during time-to-collision judgments made by people with age-related macular degeneration (Impaired Vision Group; IV) compared to a control group without age-related macular degeneration (Normal Vision Group; NV). A virtual reality system s…

SubSense: VR-Haptic and Motor Feedback for Immersive Control in Subsea Telerobotics
Ruo Chen, David Blow, Adnan Abdullah, Md Jahidul Islam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02594 https…

SubSense: VR-Haptic and Motor Feedback for Immersive Control in Subsea Telerobotics
This paper investigates the integration of haptic feedback and virtual reality (VR) control interfaces to enhance teleoperation and telemanipulation of underwater ROVs (remotely operated vehicles). Traditional ROV teleoperation relies on low-resolution 2D camera feeds and lacks immersive and sensory feedback, which diminishes situational awareness in complex subsea environments. We propose SubSense -- a novel VR-Haptic framework incorporating a non-invasive feedback interface to an otherwise 1-…

Unity based virtual reality for detector and event visualization in JUNO experiment
Kai-Xuan Huang, Tian-Zi Song, Yu-Ning Su, Cheng-Xin Wu, Xue-Sen Wang, Yu-Mei Zhang, Zheng-Yun You
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16285

Unity based virtual reality for detector and event visualization in JUNO experiment
Detector and event visualization are crucial components of high-energy physics~(HEP) experimental software. Virtual Reality~(VR) technologies and multimedia development platforms such as Unity offer enhanced display effects and flexible extensibility for visualization in HEP experiments. In this study, we present a VR-based method for detector and event displays in the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory~(JUNO) experiment. This method shares the same detector geometry descriptions and eve…

Gameplay von "Thief VR" enthüllt: So spielt sich die Neuauflage des Klassikers
Die Thief-Reihe kehrt zurück: Dieses Mal wird in Virtual Reality geschlichen, gelauert und gestohlen. Wie das aussieht, zeigt ein neuer Gameplay-Trailer.

MIRAGE: Patient-Specific Mixed Reality Coaching for MRI via Depth-Only Markerless Registration and Immersive VR
Daniel Brooks, Emily Carter, Hu Guo, Rajesh Nair
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01743

MIRAGE: Patient-Specific Mixed Reality Coaching for MRI via Depth-Only Markerless Registration and Immersive VR
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an indispensable diagnostic tool, yet the confined bore and acoustic noise can evoke considerable anxiety and claustrophobic reactions. High anxiety leads to motion artifacts, incomplete scans and reliance on pharmacological sedation. MIRAGE (Mixed Reality Anxiety Guidance Environment) harnesses the latest mixed reality (MR) hardware to prepare patients for MRI through immersive virtual reality (VR) and markerless augmented reality (AR) registration. In this …

Back to the Future Museum -- Speculative Design for Virtual Citizen-Curated Museums
Richard Rhodes, Sandra Woolley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06472 https://

Back to the Future Museum -- Speculative Design for Virtual Citizen-Curated Museums
This forward-looking paper uses speculative design fiction to explore future museum scenarios where citizen curators design and share immersive virtual reality museums populated with tangible heritage artefacts, intangible virtual elements and interactive experiences. The work also explores takeaway 'asset packs' containing 3D artefact models, curation assets, and interactive experiences, and we envisage a visit to the future museum, where the physical and virtual experiences interplay. Finally…

Locability: An Ability-Based Ranking Model for Virtual Reality Locomotion Techniques
Rachel L. Franz, Jacob O. Wobbrock
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05679 https://

Locability: An Ability-Based Ranking Model for Virtual Reality Locomotion Techniques
There are over a hundred virtual reality (VR) locomotion techniques that exist today, with new ones being designed as VR technology evolves. The different ways of controlling locomotion techniques (e.g., gestures, button inputs, body movements), along with the diversity of upper-body motor impairments, can make it difficult for a user to know which locomotion technique is best suited to their particular abilities. Moreover, trial-and-error can be difficult, time-consuming, and costly. Using mac…

CLAd-VR: Cognitive Load-based Adaptive Training for Machining Tasks in Virtual Reality
Bhavya Matam, Adamay Mann, Kachina Studer, Christian Gabbianelli, Sonia Castelo, John Liu, Claudio Silva, Dishita Turakhia
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05249

CLAd-VR: Cognitive Load-based Adaptive Training for Machining Tasks in Virtual Reality
With the growing need to effectively support workforce upskilling in the manufacturing sector, virtual reality is gaining popularity as a scalable training solution. However, most current systems are designed as static, step-by-step tutorials and do not adapt to a learner's needs or cognitive load, which is a critical factor in learning and longterm retention. We address this limitation with CLAd-VR, an adaptive VR training system that integrates realtime EEG-based sensing to measure the learne…

🫨 Silent deep bass: Wearable audio you can feel
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Silent deep bass: Wearable audio you can feel
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a portable, silent subwoofer that combines electrical muscle stimulation with low-frequency vibrations. This device enables users to physically feel deep bass in virtual reality (VR) and everyday music. While minimizing noise, it provides an immersive experience and rhythm perception comparable to conventional speakers, opening new possibilities for audio experiences.

Sketch Animation: State-of-the-art Report
Gaurav Rai, Ojaswa Sharma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10218 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.10218

Sketch Animation: State-of-the-art Report
Sketch animation has emerged as a transformative technology, bridging art and science to create dynamic visual narratives across various fields such as entertainment, education, healthcare, and virtual reality. This survey explores recent trends and innovations in sketch animation, with a focus on methods that have advanced the state of the art. The paper categorizes and evaluates key methodologies, including keyframe interpolation, physics-based animation, data-driven, motion capture, and deep…

Die besten VR-Spiele im Dezember 2025: Thief VR, Men in Black und ein Geheimtipp
Der Dezember bringt mit „Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow“, „Men in Black: Most Wanted“ und „Out of Sight VR“ gleich mehrere bekannte Marken in die Virtual Reality.

PGSTalker: Real-Time Audio-Driven Talking Head Generation via 3D Gaussian Splatting with Pixel-Aware Density Control
Tianheng Zhu, Yinfeng Yu, Liejun Wang, Fuchun Sun, Wendong Zheng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16922

PGSTalker: Real-Time Audio-Driven Talking Head Generation via 3D Gaussian Splatting with Pixel-Aware Density Control
Audio-driven talking head generation is crucial for applications in virtual reality, digital avatars, and film production. While NeRF-based methods enable high-fidelity reconstruction, they suffer from low rendering efficiency and suboptimal audio-visual synchronization. This work presents PGSTalker, a real-time audio-driven talking head synthesis framework based on 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS). To improve rendering performance, we propose a pixel-aware density control strategy that adaptively …

Pedestrian collision avoidance in hemianopia during natural walking in immersive virtual reality
Jonathan K. Doyon, Sujin Kim, Alex D. Hwang, Jae-Hyun Jung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04218

Pedestrian collision avoidance in hemianopia during natural walking in immersive virtual reality
Homonymous hemianopia (HH) patients report difficulties in avoiding collisions with other pedestrians. We evaluated pedestrian collision detection and avoidance behaviors in HH patients and healthy controls using a novel virtual reality (VR) walking with pedestrians, which enables natural walking behavior in an empty real-world corridor while viewing an immersive VR environment (shopping mall with colliding and other pedestrians) presented in a head-mounted display (HMD). Critically, it measure…

Steam Frame: Was kann die VR-Brille bewirken?
Steam Frame ist eine ambitionierte VR-Brille, die sich gängigen Kategorien entzieht und deren eigentliche Bedeutung über Virtual Reality hinausreicht.
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Virtual Reality Alters Perceived Functional Body Size
Xiaoye Michael Wang, Ali Mazalek, Catherine M. Sabiston, Timothy N. Welsh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00824 https://

Virtual Reality Alters Perceived Functional Body Size
Virtual reality (VR) introduces sensory perturbations that may impact perception and action. The current study was designed to investigate how immersive VR presented through a head-mounted display (HMD) affects perceived functional body size using a passable aperture paradigm. Participants (n=60) performed an action task (sidle through apertures) and a perception task (adjust aperture width until passable without contact) in both physical, unmediated reality (UR) and VR. Results revealed signif…

FSGlove: An Inertial-Based Hand Tracking System with Shape-Aware Calibration
Yutong Li, Jieyi Zhang, Wenqiang Xu, Tutian Tang, Cewu Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21242 https://

FSGlove: An Inertial-Based Hand Tracking System with Shape-Aware Calibration
Accurate hand motion capture (MoCap) is vital for applications in robotics, virtual reality, and biomechanics, yet existing systems face limitations in capturing high-degree-of-freedom (DoF) joint kinematics and personalized hand shape. Commercial gloves offer up to 21 DoFs, which are insufficient for complex manipulations while neglecting shape variations that are critical for contact-rich tasks. We present FSGlove, an inertial-based system that simultaneously tracks up to 48 DoFs and reconstr…

Dank VR-Brille vom Krankenbett aufs Oktoberfest
Kinder, die im Krankenhaus liegen, können nicht aufs Oktoberfest. Virtual Reality bringt sie dort virtuell hin und sorgt für ein besseres Wohlbefinden.
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Pre/Absence: Prompting Cultural Awareness and Understanding for Lost Architectural Heritage in Virtual Reality
Yaning Li, Ke Zhao, Shucheng Zheng, Xingyu Chen, Chenyi Chen, Wenxi Dai, Weile Jiang, Qi Dong, Yiqing Zhao, Meng Li, Lin-Ping Yuan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07967

Pre/Absence: Prompting Cultural Awareness and Understanding for Lost Architectural Heritage in Virtual Reality
Lost architectural heritage presents interpretive challenges due to vanished structures and fragmented historical records. Using Hanyuan Hall of the Tang dynasty's Daming Palace as a case study, we conducted a formative investigation with archaeologists, heritage administrators, and visitors to identify key issues in current interpretation practices. We found that these practices often compress complex cultural layers into factual summaries and rely on linear narratives that overlook the contin…

Der 90er-Jahre-Hit "Men in Black" kehrt als VR-Spiel zurück
Sony bringt die "Men in Black" in die Virtual Reality – mit neuer Story, neuen Aliens und klassischen Waffen.
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Perceptual Evaluation of Extrapolated Spatial Room Impulse Responses From a Mono Source
Ben Heritage, Fiona Ryder, Michael McLoughlin, Karolina Prawda
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04937

Perceptual Evaluation of Extrapolated Spatial Room Impulse Responses From a Mono Source
Immersion in virtual and augmented reality solutions is reliant on plausible spatial audio. However, plausibly representing a space for immersive audio often requires many individual acoustic measurements of source-microphone pairs with specialist spatial microphones, making the procedure time-consuming and expensive. In this study, we evaluate the plausibility of extrapolated and spatialised Room Impulse Responses (RIRs) by using a 3-Alternative Forced Choice (3AFC) listening test. The stimuli…

Immersive Mixed Reality Simulator for CT Scan Preparation: Enhancing Patient Emotional and Physical Readiness
Alex Smith, Priya Patel, Hu Guo, Marco Ruiz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.03526

Immersive Mixed Reality Simulator for CT Scan Preparation: Enhancing Patient Emotional and Physical Readiness
First-time patients undergoing diagnostic computed tomography (CT) scans often experience significant anxiety and uncertainty, which can negatively impact scan results and patient well-being. We present an immersive mixed reality (MR) simulator designed to prepare adult patients for their first CT scan, aiming to improve both emotional and physical preparedness. In this paper, we review existing methods for reducing scan-related anxiety -- from educational materials to virtual reality exposure …

🥓 Pain tolerance found to increase during social interaction in VR
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Pain tolerance found to increase during social interaction in VR
For years, virtual reality (VR) has been used in pain management for hospitalized adults and children, to take their minds off their discomfort, but typically the technology has been a solo experience for the patient.

Modeling and Exploiting the Time Course of Chromatic Adaptation for Display Power Optimizations in Virtual Reality
Ethan Chen, Sushant Kondguli, Carl Marshall, Yuhao Zhu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23489

Modeling and Exploiting the Time Course of Chromatic Adaptation for Display Power Optimizations in Virtual Reality
We introduce a gaze-tracking--free method to reduce OLED display power consumption in VR with minimal perceptual impact. This technique exploits the time course of chromatic adaptation, the human visual system's ability to maintain stable color perception under changing illumination. To that end, we propose a novel psychophysical paradigm that models how human adaptation state changes with the scene illuminant. We exploit this model to compute an optimal illuminant shift trajectory, controlling…

PolGS: Polarimetric Gaussian Splatting for Fast Reflective Surface Reconstruction
Yufei Han, Bowen Tie, Heng Guo, Youwei Lyu, Si Li, Boxin Shi, Yunpeng Jia, Zhanyu Ma
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.19726

PolGS: Polarimetric Gaussian Splatting for Fast Reflective Surface Reconstruction
Efficient shape reconstruction for surfaces with complex reflectance properties is crucial for real-time virtual reality. While 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS)-based methods offer fast novel view rendering by leveraging their explicit surface representation, their reconstruction quality lags behind that of implicit neural representations, particularly in the case of recovering surfaces with complex reflective reflectance. To address these problems, we propose PolGS, a Polarimetric Gaussian Splatti…

Community Analysis of Social Virtual Reality Based on Large-Scale Log Data of a Commercial Metaverse Platform
Hiroto Tsutsui, Takefumi Hiraki, Yuichi Hiroi, Shoichi Hasegawa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23654

Community Analysis of Social Virtual Reality Based on Large-Scale Log Data of a Commercial Metaverse Platform
This study quantitatively analyzes the structural characteristics of user communities within Social Virtual Reality (Social VR) platforms supporting head-mounted displays (HMDs), based on large-scale log data. By detecting and evaluating community structures from data on substantial interactions (defined as prolonged co-presence in the same virtual space), we found that Social VR platforms tend to host numerous, relatively small communities characterized by strong internal cohesion and limited …

"Can I Decorate My Teeth With Diamonds?": Exploring Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Using VR to Reduce Children's Dental Anxiety
Yaxuan Mao, Yanheng Li, Duo Gong, Pengcheng An, Yuhan Luo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10019

"Can I Decorate My Teeth With Diamonds?": Exploring Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Using VR to Reduce Children's Dental Anxiety
Dental anxiety is prevalent among children, often leading to missed treatment and potential negative effects on their mental well-being. While several interventions (e.g., pharmacological and psychotherapeutic techniques) have been introduced for anxiety alleviation, the recently emerged virtual reality (VR) technology, with its immersive and playful nature, opened new opportunities for complementing and enhancing the therapeutic effects of existing interventions. In this light, we conducted a …

The Slow Space Editor : Broadening Access to Restorative XR
Nate Laffan, Ashley Hom, Andrea Nadine Castillo, Elizabeth Gitelman, Rebecca Zhao, Nikita Shenoy, Kaia Rae Schweig, Katherine Isbister
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.07610

The Slow Space Editor : Broadening Access to Restorative XR
The Slow Space Editor is a 2D tool for creating 3D spaces. It was built as part of a research-through-design project that investigates how Virtual and Mixed Reality (XR) environments might be used for reflection and attention restoration. In this phase, we seek to radically simplify the creation of virtual environments, thereby broadening the potential group of users who could benefit from them. The research described in this paper has three aspects. First, we define the concept of "slow space,…

ArchGPT: Understanding the World's Architectures with Large Multimodal Models
Yuze Wang, Luo Yang, Junyi Wang, Yue Qi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20858 https://

ArchGPT: Understanding the World's Architectures with Large Multimodal Models
Architecture embodies aesthetic, cultural, and historical values, standing as a tangible testament to human civilization. Researchers have long leveraged virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), and augmented reality (AR) to enable immersive exploration and interpretation of architecture, enhancing accessibility, public understanding, and creative workflows around architecture in education, heritage preservation, and professional design practice. However, existing VR/MR/AR systems are often de…

Native Mixed Reality Compositing on Meta Quest 3: A Quantitative Feasibility Study of ARM-Based SoCs and Thermal Headroom
Muhammad Kaif Laghari, Areeb Ahmed Shaikh, Faiz Khan, Aafia Gul Siddiqui
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18929

Audio Driven Real-Time Facial Animation for Social Telepresence
Jiye Lee, Chenghui Li, Linh Tran, Shih-En Wei, Jason Saragih, Alexander Richard, Hanbyul Joo, Shaojie Bai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.01176

Audio Driven Real-Time Facial Animation for Social Telepresence
We present an audio-driven real-time system for animating photorealistic 3D facial avatars with minimal latency, designed for social interactions in virtual reality for anyone. Central to our approach is an encoder model that transforms audio signals into latent facial expression sequences in real time, which are then decoded as photorealistic 3D facial avatars. Leveraging the generative capabilities of diffusion models, we capture the rich spectrum of facial expressions necessary for natural c…

Understanding Cognitive States from Head & Hand Motion Data
Kaiang Wen, Mark Roman Miller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24255 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2509.2…

Understanding Cognitive States from Head & Hand Motion Data
As virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) continue to gain popularity, head and hand motion data captured by consumer VR systems have become ubiquitous. Prior work shows that such telemetry can be highly identifying and reflect broad user traits, often aligning with intuitive "folk theories" of body language. However, it remains unclear to what extent motion kinematics encode more nuanced cognitive states, such as confusion, hesitation, and readiness, which lack clear correlates with m…

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- Virtual Reality Alters Perceived Functional Body Size
Xiaoye Michael Wang, Ali Mazalek, Catherine M. Sabiston, Timothy N. Welsh

The Interplay of Attention and Memory in Visual Enumeration
B. Sankar, Devottama Sen, Dibakar Sen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.05833 https://arxiv.org/pdf/25…

The Interplay of Attention and Memory in Visual Enumeration
Humans navigate and understand complex visual environments by subconsciously quantifying what they see, a process known as visual enumeration. However, traditional studies using flat screens fail to capture the cognitive dynamics of this process over the large visual fields of real-world scenes. To address this gap, we developed an immersive virtual reality system with integrated eye-tracking to investigate the interplay between attention and memory during complex enumeration. We conducted a tw…

VR as a "Drop-In" Well-being Tool for Knowledge Workers
Sophia Ppali, Haris Psallidopoulos, Marios Constantinides, Fotis Liarokapis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02836 ht…

VR as a "Drop-In" Well-being Tool for Knowledge Workers
Virtual Reality (VR) is increasingly being used to support workplace well-being, but many interventions focus narrowly on a single activity or goal. Our work explores how VR can meet the diverse physical and mental needs of knowledge workers. We developed Tranquil Loom, a VR app offering stretching, guided meditation, and open exploration across four environments. The app includes an AI assistant that suggests activities based on users' emotional states. We conducted a two-phase mixed-methods s…

Investigating the Effect of Prior Exposure and Fidelity on Quality and Realism Perception of VR Digital Twins
Maximilian Warsinke, Maurizio Vergari, Tanja Koji\'c, Daniel Nikulin, Sebastian M\"oller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.20106

Investigating the Effect of Prior Exposure and Fidelity on Quality and Realism Perception of VR Digital Twins
This study explores how prior exposure to physical objects influences the quality and realism perception of Digital Twins (DT) with varying levels of fidelity in Virtual Reality (VR). In a mixed experimental design, 24 participants were divided into two equal groups: an exposure group, in which members were shown physical objects before inspecting and rating their replicas in VR, and a control group without prior knowledge. Three objects were presented, each under four fidelity conditions with …