Title
A Systematic Review On The Use Of Immersive Virtual Reality To Train Professionals
Abstract
The main goal of this systematic review is to synthesize existing evidence on the use of immersive virtual reality (IVR) to train professionals as well as to identify the main gaps and challenges that still remain and need to be addressed by future research. Following a comprehensive search, 66 documents were identified, assessed for relevance, and analysed. The main areas of application of IVR-based training were identified. Moreover, we identified the stimuli provided, the hardware used and information regarding training evaluation. The results showed that the areas in which a greater number of works were published were those related to healthcare and elementary occupations. In hardware, the most commonly used equipment was head mounted displays (HMDs), headphones included in the HMDs and handheld controllers. Moreover, the results indicated that IVR training systems are often evaluated manually, the most common metric being questionnaires applied before and after the experiment, and that IVR training systems have a positive effect in training professionals. We conclude that the literature is insufficient for determining the effect of IVR in the training of professionals. Although some works indicated promising results, there are still relevant themes that must be explored and limitations to overcome before virtual training replaces real-world training.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1007/s11042-020-10454-y
MULTIMEDIA TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Virtual reality, Multisensory stimuli, Professional training, Systematic review
Journal
80
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
9
1380-7501
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
David Narciso152.13
Miguel Melo23815.35
Susana Rodrigues311.76
Silva Cunha, J.P.45918.44
José Vasconcelos-Raposo501.35
Maximino Bessa69125.92