As virtual reality (VR) technologies have improved in the past decade, more research has investigated how they could support more effective communication in various contexts to improve collaboration and social connectedness. However, there was no literature to summarize the uniqueness VR provided and put forward guidance for designing social VR applications for better communication. To understand how VR has been designed and used to facilitate communication in different contexts, we conducted a systematic review of the studies investigating communication in social VR in the past ten years by following the PRISMA guidelines. We highlight current practices and challenges and identify research opportunities to improve the design of social VR to better support communication and make social VR more accessible.
翻译:随着虚拟现实(VR)技术在过去十年中有所改善,更多的研究调查了这些技术如何在各种情况下支持更有效的通信,以改善协作和社会联系,然而,没有文献来总结VR提供的独特性,并为设计社会 VR 应用来改善通信提供指导意见。为了了解VR是如何设计并用于在不同情况下促进通信的,我们按照PRISMA准则,对过去十年中社会VR 通信调查研究进行了系统审查。我们强调了当前的做法和挑战,并确定了改进社会VR设计的研究机会,以便更好地支持通信并使社会VR更容易获得。