Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review
Peri-personal space (PPS) refers to the area immediately surrounding our body where interactions with objects and others occur. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) offers a controlled and adaptable environment, enabling the precise modulation of PPS boundaries. This provides significant benefits across...
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| description | Peri-personal space (PPS) refers to the area immediately surrounding our body where interactions with objects and others occur. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) offers a controlled and adaptable environment, enabling the precise modulation of PPS boundaries. This provides significant benefits across various fields, including enhancing spatial awareness, advancing therapeutic interventions, and improving ergonomic designs. This systematic review aims to synthesize and evaluate the existing literature on this topic through various methodologies. To achieve this, three databases, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, were searched following the PRISMA framework. Twenty studies met the eligibility criteria, were assessed for quality, and were included in the review. Across all studies, IVR was utilized to provide multisensory interactions and implement methods were used to manipulate PPS boundaries. The review categorizes PPS extension methods into three main domains: tool-use extension, extension related to tool use, social interaction extension, and embodiment-related extension. The findings confirm IVR’s potential to expand PPS boundaries and offer recommendations for leveraging this technology in future research. This work highlights the importance of IVR in advancing our understanding of PPS and its practical applications across diverse contexts. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7f7e57163544ff0bbd9879950b9adb52025-08-20T02:43:05ZengMDPI AGVirtual Worlds2813-20842025-01-0141510.3390/virtualworlds4010005Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic ReviewCagatay Karakoc0Chiara Lucifora1Simona Massimino2Sebastiano Nucera3Carmelo Mario Vicario4Department of Cognitive, Psychological, Educational and Cultural Studies, University of Messina, Via Concezione, 6, 98121 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Philosophy, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDepartment of Cognitive, Psychological, Educational and Cultural Studies, University of Messina, Via Concezione, 6, 98121 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Cognitive, Psychological, Educational and Cultural Studies, University of Messina, Via Concezione, 6, 98121 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Cognitive, Psychological, Educational and Cultural Studies, University of Messina, Via Concezione, 6, 98121 Messina, ItalyPeri-personal space (PPS) refers to the area immediately surrounding our body where interactions with objects and others occur. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) offers a controlled and adaptable environment, enabling the precise modulation of PPS boundaries. This provides significant benefits across various fields, including enhancing spatial awareness, advancing therapeutic interventions, and improving ergonomic designs. This systematic review aims to synthesize and evaluate the existing literature on this topic through various methodologies. To achieve this, three databases, PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, were searched following the PRISMA framework. Twenty studies met the eligibility criteria, were assessed for quality, and were included in the review. Across all studies, IVR was utilized to provide multisensory interactions and implement methods were used to manipulate PPS boundaries. The review categorizes PPS extension methods into three main domains: tool-use extension, extension related to tool use, social interaction extension, and embodiment-related extension. The findings confirm IVR’s potential to expand PPS boundaries and offer recommendations for leveraging this technology in future research. This work highlights the importance of IVR in advancing our understanding of PPS and its practical applications across diverse contexts.https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2084/4/1/5immersive virtual realityperi-personal spacemultisensory interaction |
| spellingShingle | Cagatay Karakoc Chiara Lucifora Simona Massimino Sebastiano Nucera Carmelo Mario Vicario Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review Virtual Worlds immersive virtual reality peri-personal space multisensory interaction |
| title | Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Extending Peri-Personal Space in Immersive Virtual Reality: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | extending peri personal space in immersive virtual reality a systematic review |
| topic | immersive virtual reality peri-personal space multisensory interaction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2084/4/1/5 |
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