Virtual Reality: Recent Advancements, Applications and Challenges (River Publishers Series in Automation, Control, and Robotics)

This book aims to provide a comprehensive update of the latest scientific research, mainly in Virtual Reality and partly in Augmented Reality, from the last five years. The content is themed around the application areas of training, education, robotics, health and well-being, and user experience.

Lila Bozgeyikli is an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Information. Her research areas span extended reality, video game design and development, and human-computer interaction. She is interested in blurring the boundary between the real-world and virtual worlds through novel forms of embodied interaction, leveraging interactive technologies for beneficial purposes, such as education, training, health and well-being, and enhancing user experience for increased benefits from these systems. Her research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

Ren Bozgeyikli is an assistant professor at the University of Arizona, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Information. His research is focused on game development, virtual/augmented/mixed reality, human-computer interaction, mobile applications and algorithm development. His research has been published in various peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has been teaching courses on game development and algorithms for games.