Virtual Room Research Articles

Technology Innovation Is the Key to Triumph for the Glaring Future of the Fashion Industry

Over the last decade, the fashion industry has been at the forefront of the latest technology. From the introduction of sewing machines for stitching fashion products to biodegradable fabrics to fashion renting apps to needle-free sewing, the fashion industry has seen a lot of changes over the last few years. Evolution in fashion begins with the introduction of artificial intelligence. Technology in fashion is at its profuse self in the current sphere. Technology comprises Artificial intelligence that is enhancing the production capacity of the fashion manufacturing industry, secondly, it comprises Augmented reality which positively boosts the customers' shopping experience and lastly, the virtual outlook increases the remunerative economy in the fashion industry. When one thinks of evolution, artificial intelligence is the latest introduction to the world of technology. Technology in fashion has never been more abundant than it is now. Artificial intelligence is optimizing vast production lines, augmented reality is enhancing the customer experience, and the virtual world is creating lucrative new revenue streams [1]. In the fashion industry, one of the most observable transposes is due to e-commerce. The convenience of online shopping is becoming very appreciated. Fashion companies have started incorporating innovative digital ways to reach their targeted audience. The advanced technologies include virtual fitting rooms which help customers in making more spontaneous decisions in their purchase as they can preview the product and exactly see how that product looks on their body type [2]. Artificial intelligence is used in the design process in a fashion that makes it much easier, like using AI to resize a garment digitally without actually making the garment, digitally changing the color, and also AI can create a visual background to give the buyer the precise judgment about the overall look of the garment. This saves time and resources, which in turn helps in reaching a wider range of customers [3] Another evolution with technology is the introduction of 3d printing and robotics, which cannot accelerate the rate of production. Design software, computerized laser-cutting machines, and digital pattern-making are some of the new manufacturing techniques in the fashion industry.

Substitution of a Traditional Face-to-Face Workshop With Virtual Escape Room in Higher Education: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Online education games are gaining ground in health profession education, yet there is limited literature on its costs. This study is an economic evaluation of the substitution of a face-to-face (F2F) workshop with an online escape room game teaching the same content. A traditional F2F workshop on hepatitis management was conducted with 364 students in 2021 and was compared with a virtual self-run escape room game called Hepatitiscape™, which was used by 417 students in 2022. The outcomes were final examination and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) scores for hepatitis stations. An incremental cost-effectiveness ratio was used to compare costs and outcomes. Student perceptions of the delivery of Hepatitiscape™ were also captured using an online questionnaire. Delivering the hepatitis case workshop via Hepatitiscape™ yielded an additional 4.77% increase in the final examination score and a 21.04% increase in the OSCE score at an additional cost of AUD $4212 in the first year compared with F2F delivery. This equated to an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of AUD 883 per additional score of final examination and AUD 200 per additional score of OSCE for hepatitis stations. Hepatitiscape™ became cost saving from the second year onward. Student perception data revealed their recall of content was higher owing to the iterative design of the gaming elements. Hepatitiscape™ is likely to be a cost-effective strategy to deliver workshops that are routinely delivered F2F to test knowledge-based constructs. In addition, virtual gaming has a logistical advantage over F2F delivery in that it enhances student participation from remote locations and allows for better control and flexibility of content delivery with increasing or decreasing cohort sizes, and can have potential long-term sustainable savings.

Enhancing Critical Thinking through a Virtual Unfolding Maternity Escape Room Activity

BackgroundResearch suggests escape rooms in nursing education may provide students with an opportunity to build learning. However, limited literature is provided focusing on specialty nursing such as maternal-neonatal health. This quality improvement project explored the impact of an unfolding maternity virtual escape room on junior level nursing student's critical thinking. MethodThe Yoons Critical Thinking Disposition Tool was used to measure pre and posttest scores with a sample of 38 students. ResultsThe Wilcoxon Signed Rank test determined that there was improvement in critical thinking with an increase in median scores. Total score and three out of the seven subscales revealed statistical significance. Students also positively evaluated the activity. ConclusionA virtual escape room as a review activity in a maternity course provides an opportunity for students to apply information learned throughout the course in an innovative approach. Further research is needed to determine the impact of this activity.

SceneFusion: Room-Scale Environmental Fusion for Efficient Traveling Between Separate Virtual Environments.

Traveling between scenes has become a major requirement for navigation in numerous virtual reality (VR) social platforms and game applications, allowing users to efficiently explore multiple virtual environments (VEs). To facilitate scene transition, prevalent techniques such as instant teleportation and virtual portals have been extensively adopted. However, these techniques exhibit limitations when there is a need for frequent travel between separate VEs, particularly within indoor environments, resulting in low efficiency. In this article, we first analyze the design rationale for a novel navigation method supporting efficient travel between virtual indoor scenes. Based on the analysis, we introduce the SceneFusion technique that fuses separate virtual rooms into an integrated environment. SceneFusion enables users to perceive rich visual information from both rooms simultaneously, achieving high visual continuity and spatial awareness. While existing teleportation techniques passively transport users, SceneFusion allows users to actively access the fused environment using short-range locomotion techniques. User experiments confirmed that SceneFusion outperforms instant teleportation and virtual portal techniques in terms of efficiency, workload, and preference for both single-user exploration and multi-user collaboration tasks in separate VEs. Thus, SceneFusion presents an effective solution for seamless traveling between virtual indoor scenes.

Launching Cost-effective Virtual Escape Rooms as a Tool for FormativeAssessment

: This paper describes an innovative tool for formative assessment. This involves designing and implementing a Virtual Escape Room for students of Master’s in Health Professions Education (MHPE) at Gulf Medical University. Escape Room is a type of game-based education where players are constrained in a room, and they must solve a series of interconnected challenges in the form of puzzles or riddles to escape the room. Escape rooms are proved to be innovative and engaging learning strategies, although they are resource intensive. We developed cost-effective virtual escape room with the help of Google Workspace tools. Two cycles of escape rooms were conducted on different courses in similar fashion. Questions were based on the learning objectives of selected courses of Master’s in Health Professions Education. These tools were interconnected and revolved around a captivating storyline. Twelve students were grouped into teams of four and were subjected to the game. They played as teams on a smart device for a time duration of ten minutes. Post-activity students were given feedback on their performance on questions and on team-based skills. Students were then engaged in open discussion on their experience, and this was documented for analysis. They also gave feedback on google forms. Analysis of feedback revealed that escape room enhanced students’ engagement and motivation towards learning. It helped foster leadership and team-building skills along with effectively recalling the learned concepts. In addition, students learned to handle stress when faced with challenges. Faculty, on the other hand, developed the skills to plan and execute a unique learning activity. We continue to learn from this experience and will explore further opportunities to expose students and faculty to such engaging and unique learning activities.

Virtual Online Garment Fitting Using Augmented Reality

In recent years, the number of accessories and headwear purchased on the Internet has been increasing, and at the same time, the percentage of product returns has not decreased. One approach to solving this problem is virtual fitting rooms. Accessibility to the online fitting system for accessories and headwear and the quality of fitting are important criteria for users. Existing systems for online fitting have shortcomings with occlusions, reflection of lighting and shadows, and the accuracy of reproduction of goods on a person in relation to the environment. The article is devoted to solving the problem of online fitting of accessories and headgear to a person with the appearance of shadows and lighting on a 3D model due to the use of neural networks. A method is proposed that simulates high-quality human stocking with a high number of frames per second, the ability to play from any device with a web browser, and low CPU and GPU requirements. The algorithm prototype has advantages compared to 2D counterparts: 3D lighting, dynamic change of its brightness, shadows, virtual environment and reduced occlusions. Created a virtual online fitting using augmented reality – MLight-VTON. It is noted that based on the proposed method and the Three.js library, trained TensorFlow.js models can be added to further improve tissue deformation and body segmentation.

Development and Design of a Pediatric Case-Based Virtual Escape Room on Organophosphate Toxicity.

This case-based virtual escape room (VER) serves as a didactic activity suitable for learners who require an understanding of organophosphate toxicity. Educators may use this VER for distance-based learning in settings with adequate internet access. India faces a concerning escalation in suicide rates, particularly among teenagers and young adults, often involving intentional pesticide ingestion, notably organophosphates.1-3 Our project addresses organophosphate ingestion by using a VER, a virtual learning platform adapted from in-person escape rooms to engage participants for educational purposes.4,5 Demonstrating success in medical, pharmacy, and nursing education, VERs increased satisfaction and competency among healthcare trainees compared to traditional learning platforms while fostering teamwork and communication in a virtual learning environment.6,7. By the end of the activity, learners should be able to: 1) recognize risk factors, symptoms, and presentation for organophosphate poisoning; 2) understand the radiologic and laboratory findings in organophosphate poisoning; 3) distinguish and differentiate electrocardiogram findings in common toxic ingestions; 4) explain the pathophysiology of organophosphate poisoning; 5) understand the importance of decontamination of the patient and personal protective equipment for staff for organophosphate poisoning; 6) describe the airway management of organophosphate poisoning; 7) describe the medical management of organophosphate poisoning, including antidotes and the correct dosing and 8) demonstrate teamwork through communication and collaboration. The development process involved a seven-step approach, beginning with topic selection. The process involved creating a scenario, defining learning objectives, and designing an appropriate room. Clues and puzzles were tailored to align with the learning objectives and promote interactivity. The VER was hosted on Google Sites (Google LLC), accompanied by a facilitator guide offering content and technical support. This VER leverages technology for distance learning, using Zoom (Zoom Video Communications Inc.) for online sessions with EM trainees. Participants were organized into small groups in breakout rooms on Zoom, following a structured format that included a pre-briefing, a timed escape room scenario, debriefing, and evaluation. Afterward, an evaluation in the format of a survey was distributed to participants. This study was Institutional Review Board exempt. Out of 120 participants in the VER, 50% responded to a survey. The majority found the activity interactive, engaging, and exciting. This feedback indicated a positive reaction to the VER, consistent with the Kirkpatrick model's first level of assessment.8 The VER effectively promoted learning and reinforced clinical knowledge, contributing to the second level of the Kirkpatrick model. In this case, 84.7% of respondents were able to identify knowledge gaps, and 84.2% of respondents found this to be a feasible model to reinforce medical knowledge. This innovative VER addresses the value of distance-based learning in any setting with an internet connection. It has successfully enhanced collaboration and communication among participants in small groups, making it a valuable resource for medical education. This study has several limitations worth noting including a relatively low survey response rate. Baseline data was not collected prior to the VER. Additionally, the VER was not designed to be an open-book assessment; however, the absence of an in-person moderator makes it challenging to ascertain whether participants used external resources. Furthermore, the exclusive focus of this VER on a single topic may diminish its overall use compared to more traditional didactic sessions. This study is also limited by lack of long-term outcome data. Future studies could further assess knowledge improvement and clinical application. The authors plan to develop additional case-based VERs to advance EM trainees' knowledge, skills, and communication. Overall, the VER offers a promising and free educational tool for distance learning with potential benefits for various settings with internet access. Escape room, gamification, global health, organophosphate poisoning, simulation, virtual escape rooms.

FEATURES OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ONLINE INTERACTION OF PRIMARY AND BASIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN THE SYSTEM "TEACHER – GROUP OF TEACHERS"

The article describes the online interaction of elementary and basic schoolteachers in the system "teacher – a group of teachers" based on a site that combines thematic training modules in Google Class. The stages of formation of teaching staff research competencies on the example of educational materials, involving the organization of research activities of students involved in inclusive learning. It reflects a single principle of building the content of online training modules, each of which contains theoretical material on the chosen didactic problem; a video demonstrating the practical application of the knowledge gained in practice in the working conditions of an educational institution; Google Forms to test the learned material by each teacher and course coordinator. The features of the organization of professional online interaction of teachers in the system "teacher – group of teachers," including: the possibility of the course coordinator for users of consultative video meeting based on Google meet; establishing feedback between course coordinators and teachers who perform test tasks through the use of Google Forms; combining teachers based on Google Class into a virtual room for practical research tasks based on electronic educational resources. It is noted that the most common among them in the practice of primary and basic schoolteachers are Wizer.me, Learning.aps, Kahoot, wordwall, Liveworksheets, which allow individual online work of the teacher to combine with the group work of all course participants and combine self-learning with mutual learning. The results obtained for experimental and control groups of teachers are analyzed: levels of formation of reflexive, methodical, managerial and communicative factors of their research competencies. Based on the obtained data, it is proved that the online interaction of primary and basic schoolteachers when using Google Class is effective, which is confirmed by high and sufficient levels of formation of research competencies of teachers who were part of the experimental group.

APPLICATION OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN BUSINESS: THEORY, METHODOLOGY AND PRACTICE

The article examines and analyzes the peculiarities of the application of immersive technologies in business to increase the effectiveness of marketing communication with the consumer and achieve a higher level of competitiveness and establish relations with potential partners. Businesses can benefit more by introducing new technologies into their operations. However, such technologies require investment. For Ukrainian enterprises, this can become a problem due to the lack of stable profits. The role of immersive technologies in the form of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) is determined, which will be a significant incentive for Ukrainian companies in the context of post-war revival, as they can be used to form a new market for the company. The factors that inhibit the use of immersive technologies in marketing are analyzed: high cost, limited access for the audience, the need for training and education, physiological limitations, technical problems, limited parameters for some products, competition with other visual media. Emphasis is placed on the fact that in marketing and sales, efforts should be focused on the use of the following tools: augmented reality in advertising, virtual product fitting, AR assistant in the store, virtual rooms in the store, AR product presentations, VR virtual events and demonstrations. Immersive technologies can help establish communication between the brand and the consumer, as well as establish a partnership. Keywords: business, marketing, immersive technologies, consumers, loyalty, innovation, virtual reality, augmented reality.

BRAVER challenges students in radiation protection training in an international training

The nuclear industry is currently facing a significant demand for well-trained personnel. Due to the high market demand, it is essential to raise awareness among new target groups, including high school pupils and (pre-service) STEM teachers, about the potential and opportunities of pursuing a nuclear career. With this in mind, a new strategic partnership has been established under the Erasmus+ project ‘BRAVER’ (Blended and Remote teaching Activities supported by Virtual rEality for Radiation sciences). Within this 2-year project, international staff, and students from 7 partners of the CHERNE (Cooperation of Higher Education on Radiological and Nuclear Engineering) network collaborate with industry, regulatory and research institutes in developing educational virtual tools (VR and virtual online escape rooms) for nuclear sciences and engineering. The project aims to develop blended international training programs that incorporate technical, generic, and networking skills for both students and professors. This initiative can serve as a model for other scientific fields, extending its benefits to students and educators across different disciplines.

ДОПОЛНЕННАЯ И ВИРТУАЛЬНАЯ РЕАЛЬНОСТЬ В ИНДУСТРИИ МОДЫ: ОБ-ЗОР ЛИТЕРАТУРЫ

The paper presents the main approaches to the definition of the concepts of "augmented reality" and "virtual reality", describes their key advantages and disadvantages. The authors propose their own definitions of these concepts, developed taking into ac-count the advantages and disadvantages of existing approaches. The paper also pre-sents a comparative analysis of augmented and virtual reality technologies. The main advantages and disadvantages of using these technologies are identified, and the goals of their use are formulated. Based on the conducted research, the authors deter-mine the type of technology that is most suitable for the development of such a digital tool as a virtual fitting room.

A lecturer’s voice quality and its effect on memory, listening effort, and perception in a VR environment

Many lecturers develop voice problems, such as hoarseness. Nevertheless, research on how voice quality influences listeners’ perception, comprehension, and retention of spoken language is limited to a small number of audio-only experiments. We aimed to address this gap by using audio-visual virtual reality (VR) to investigate the impact of a lecturer’s hoarseness on university students’ heard text recall, listening effort, and listening impression. Fifty participants were immersed in a virtual seminar room, where they engaged in a Dual-Task Paradigm. They listened to narratives presented by a virtual female professor, who spoke in either a typical or hoarse voice. Simultaneously, participants performed a secondary task. Results revealed significantly prolonged secondary-task response times with the hoarse voice compared to the typical voice, indicating increased listening effort. Subjectively, participants rated the hoarse voice as more annoying, effortful to listen to, and impeding for their cognitive performance. No effect of voice quality was found on heard text recall, suggesting that, while hoarseness may compromise certain aspects of spoken language processing, this might not necessarily result in reduced information retention. In summary, our findings underscore the importance of promoting vocal health among lecturers, which may contribute to enhanced listening conditions in learning spaces.

Algorithm for steady contaminant distribution in ventilation systems with air recirculation: Contaminant release in ventilation ducts

When contaminants are released naturally or deliberately in ventilation ducts, they can contaminate the supply air and rooms through the return air recirculation of the ventilation and air conditioning system. Few studies have considered the impact of contaminant transport through air recirculation on the non-uniform indoor contaminant distribution. In this study, a method for calculating the steady-state contaminant distribution in a ventilation system with air recirculation when there is a contaminant release from the ventilation duct is presented. The ventilation ducts are considered as a virtual room and modelled separately from the rooms, both using linear superposition expressions based on accessibility indicators to obtain a relationship between contaminant concentrations at the outlet and inlet. A total of four sub-methods are proposed considering different treatments for the return and supply air ducts connected to each air handling unit (AHU). The proposed methods (Methods 1–3) considering the non-uniform characteristics of the ducts are shown to have an accuracy comparable to that of CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulations, with an average prediction deviation of less than 5%, whereas the use of well-mixed assumption in the ducts (Method 4) results in an average prediction deviation of up to 45% in one of the rooms when the contaminant source is close to the diversion position of the supply air duct. The proposed method avoids the need for holistic modelling and iterative simulation of complex ventilation and air-conditioning system and multiple rooms, and allows for rapid prediction of contaminant distribution.

Room corners and how they influence the memory of visual information arranged on walls

In formal and informal learning settings corresponding information units are often arranged in the space around the viewer. For example, teachers pin task relevant information on classroom walls, or museum curators arrange exhibits in museum halls. Often learners and visitors are expected to see meaningful relationships between these information units. Theoretically, Gestalt Psychology has been examining the effects of connecting and separating elements in visual information displays, leading to the question of whether these findings also hold in three-dimensional environments. Does the mostly rectangular form of our rooms also either highlight or downplay relations between information dispersed across a room? Three experiments using virtual rooms showed that the matching pairs of pictures were memorized better if both pictures were arranged on the same wall instead of across two adjacent walls: that is, the presence of a room corner between matching pairs decreased memory (Experiments 1–3). Additionally, the findings showed that the participants’ orientation of their central field of view during learning influenced the effect of corners on memory. When initially looking around in rooms, participants most often oriented the center of their field of view toward the middle of a wall (Experiments 1 and 2); however, if they were restricted to orienting their field of view toward corners, the corner effect on memory vanished (Experiment 3). These findings suggest that room characteristics influence the exploratory behavior of viewers, thereby also affecting their memories of the presented information.

Exploring the High Quality Development Path of Virtual Teaching and Research Room for College English Course under the Background of Digital Education

With the continuous deepening of educational reform, there have been significant changes in college English courses. With the promotion of information technology, digitalization of teaching has become a key factor. In the process of college English teaching, virtual teaching and research rooms have become an important condition. The high-quality development of virtual teaching and research rooms can create a better teaching environment for students, promote resource sharing, and promote the development of teachers. Based on this, this article analyzes the current situation of virtual teaching and research rooms for college English courses under the background of educational digitization, and explores ways for high-quality development.

Socializing Remote Newcomers in Public Accounting: Challenges and Best Practices from the Perspective of Experienced Big 4 Professionals

SYNOPSIS Accounting firms increasingly provide remote or hybrid work options to attract qualified professionals, but they must also effectively socialize new employees to develop and retain them. This study explores the effect of remote work on newcomer socialization. Rather than surveying remote newcomers who have less understanding of what “successful” socialization means, we ask 122 experienced Big 4 professionals about the impact of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic on socialization. Respondents report that every aspect of socialization is impacted by remote work. Although participants perceive that newcomers are able to learn technical skills (e.g., how to complete work tasks) remotely, they are less able to learn about firm expectations (e.g., client interactions). Participants believe remote newcomers are less able to form bonds with coworkers and clients and are less committed to their firm. Best practices for remote socialization are discussed (e.g., virtual audit rooms) to assist accounting firms.

Time in suspense: investigating boredom and related states in a virtual waiting room

ABSTRACT We studied the role of time in the experience of boredom and its relationship with various psychological states using virtual reality. Sixty-six participants visited nine virtual waiting rooms and evaluated their perception of time and psychological experiences, including boredom, exhaustion, restlessness, amotivation, frustration, anger, unhappiness, spontaneous and deliberate mind-wandering, fantasy, and absorption. Results confirmed the relationship between boredom and time perception, showing that the higher the levels of boredom, the slower time seems to pass. However, manipulating time-related information via a slower/faster ticking clock did not affect boredom. We also found that boredom increased as participants progressed through the nine virtual rooms, and its affective characterisation over time remained stable, while its cognitive characterisation fluctuated. While boredom was consistently associated with exhaustion, restlessness, amotivation, and frustration, its relationship with fantasy, absorption, spontaneous mind-wandering and deliberate mind-wandering, evolved over time. These findings provide novel insights into the intricate and differentiated cognitive and affective consequences of being bored.

Virtual Trailroom using Machine Learning

The virtual trail room system receives a real-time video feed from a camera and processes data with the OpenCV computer vision library and Haarcascade classifier. In order to correctly identify faces in the video feed, the Haarcascade classifier is trained on a sizable dataset of human faces.The virtual room system may function independently, which eliminates the need for additional employees and associated expenditures, in contrast to typical security systems that demand the presence of physical security officers.

The video window: How video consultation technology reveals and redefines the art of medicine in Danish specialist practice

In the contemporary landscape of technologically mediated healthcare, video consultations introduce a dynamic interplay of challenges and opportunities. Taking the notion of 'the art of medicine' as an analytical frame, and drawing on interviews with medical specialists as well as participant observation of video consultations with patients (carried out between February 2022 and January 2023), this article investigates how video consultation technology changes the practices of medical specialists in the Danish healthcare system. Informed by post-phenomenology, we approach video consultations metaphorically as 'windows' between medical specialists and patients, unveiling three pivotal dimensions characterizing these changes. First, the shift from a physical to a virtual consultation room requires a reevaluation of the authoritative nature of the clinic, emphasizing the need for negotiating and staging the clinical space online. Second, while video consultations limit doctors' ability to rely on traditional non-verbal cues such as body language, they offer glimpses into patients' home environments, exposing the influence of social preconceptions on medical evaluations. Third, the adoption of video consultations introduces new conditions for doctors' use of senses, accentuating the importance of reflecting on the roles of different sensory impressions in the art of medicine. Our study illuminates how video consultation technology simultaneously expands and constrains the engagement between medical specialists and patients. Despite their inherent limitations, video consultations bring medical specialists closer to some of the intricacies of patients' lives. This proximity offers new insights and renders visible the roles of caregivers and relatives in the patient's care. The metaphor of 'the video window' encapsulates this tension between distance and closeness in video consultations, portraying the patient as both fragmented and socially situated. Our study extends beyond traditional patient and provider satisfaction evaluations, providing nuanced insights into how video consultations reconfigure the art of medicine.

IoT-powered personalization: creating the optimal shopping experience in digital twin VFRs

A digital twin is a virtual data model that accurately maps and simulates a physical entity. Consumers can use digital twin technology to try on clothes in virtual fitting rooms (VFRs), thereby expressing their individuality. The primary objective of this study is to enhance the understanding of consumers’ psychological state when shopping with VFRs. This will provide managers with a more comprehensive understanding of customer profiles and minimize the cognitive gap between managers and customers. This study primarily utilized Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and partial least squares- structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) for analysis. The sample consisted of 356 participants from Taiwan, primarily users of VFRs. Bootstrapping of 50,00 iterations was employed to ascertain the significance of the hypotheses. The research reveals that psychological factors such as a sense of ownership control, rehearsability, and self-efficacy significantly enhance self-referencing. This, in turn, significantly influences purchase intentions within VFRs featuring digital avatars. Additionally, perceived augmentation moderates the relationship between a sense of ownership control and self-efficacy. Our primary contribution in this paper is to elucidate customers’ subjective experiences when using VFRs, thereby addressing the dearth of research on VFRs and providing practical insights for industry managers.