Investigating the effectiveness of immersive VR skill training and its link to physiological arousal

• Published in: Virtual reality : the journal of the Virtual Reality Society Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 1091 - 1115
• Main Authors: Radhakrishnan, Unnikrishnan, Chinello, Francesco, Koumaditis, Konstantinos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Springer London 01.06.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Arousal; Artificial Intelligence; Biosensors; Computer Graphics; Computer Science; Correlation analysis; Effectiveness; Electrocardiography; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Immersive virtual reality; Original; Original Article; Performance measurement; Physical training; Physiology; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Virtual reality; Physiological arousal; Electro-dermal activity; Skill training; Immersive virtual reality; Heart rate variability

This paper details the motivations, design, and analysis of a study using a fine motor skill training task in both VR and physical conditions. The objective of this between-subjects study was to (a) investigate the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality for training participants in the ‘buzz-wir...