Virtual reality adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic: A uses and gratifications perspective

Ball, Christopher; Huang, Kuo-Ting; Francis, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2021.101728

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“…Therefore, by conducting this study in Fiji, a Small Island Developing State, we can enhance the generalizability of the results and explore the impact of differences in country-specific factors such as political, legal, and economic factors and culture of team participation and commitment. Additionally, the unprecedented COVID-19 has significantly altered individuals’ perceptions and behaviour towards technology ( Ball et al, 2021 , Sharma et al, 2020b , Yuan et al, 2021 ); therefore, examining commitment to virtual workout teams together with behavioural intentions post-pandemic makes a meaningful contribution to the literature.…”

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“…The recent study by Liao et al (2020) examined team commitment in the context of online gaming and called for future studies to examine team commitment in diverse cultures and contexts, such as fitness. Additionally, with the outbreak of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, individuals’ perceptions and use of technology have been significantly altered, providing opportunities for research ( Ball et al, 2021 , Sharma et al, 2020b , Yuan et al, 2021 ). Based on the gaps in the literature highlighted above, together with the changes in behaviour and landscape because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this study aims to conduct one of the earliest examinations of individuals’ team commitment in virtual workout sessions together with their post-pandemic behavioural intentions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Virtual Fitness: investigating team commitment and post-pandemic virtual workout perceptions

Sharma

Woosnam²,

Singh³

2022

Telematics and Informatics

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Virtual Fitness: investigating team commitment and post-pandemic virtual workout perceptions

Sharma

Woosnam²,

Singh³

2022

Telematics and Informatics

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“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, limitations in pre-clinical education have been highlighted, as many dental students could not be trained at their university and lacked the direct support of the tutor. In this COVID-19 era, the most important issue for pre-clinical and clinical education is achieving the balance between the training of dental students and limiting the spread of infected cases [19,20]. It is for this reason, because of the development of innovative instruments to train and teach the basic clinical procedures to the dental students, that replicating dental reality as much as possible became of paramount importance.…”

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confidence: 99%

Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality in Dentistry: A Narrative Review on the Existing Platforms and Future Challenges

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The recent advancements in digital technologies have led to exponential progress in dentistry. This narrative review aims to summarize the applications of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality in dentistry and describes future challenges in digitalization, such as Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality represent effective tools in the educational technology, as they can enhance students’ learning and clinical training. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality and can also be useful aids during clinical practice. Augmented Reality can be used to add digital data to real life clinical data. Clinicians can apply Virtual Reality for a digital wax-up that provides a pre-visualization of the final post treatment result. In addition, both these technologies may also be employed to eradicate dental phobia in patients and further enhance patient’s education. Similarly, they can be used to enhance communication between the dentist, patient, and technician. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics can also improve clinical practice. Artificial Intelligence is currently developed to improve dental diagnosis and provide more precise prognoses of dental diseases, whereas Robotics may be used to assist in daily practice.

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“…Second, interactivity is a motive for exchanging information within groups and technologies [28]. In virtual reality, interactivity is achieved through interactions among users participating in the virtual world.…”

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Do an Organization’s Digital Transformation and Employees’ Digital Competence Catalyze the Use of Telepresence?

2022

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Rapid changes in the external environment are increasing interest in digital transformation. In particular, the recent breakout of infectious diseases such as COVID-19 has required certain companies to restrict physical exchanges among their members. As a result, companies must strive to maintain productivity and performance by supporting business exchange activities through online platforms. A metaverse technology that supports individuals’ exchange activities in a virtual space based on 3D technology has recently attracted attention from companies. However, as previous studies related to the metaverse have focused on strengthening personalized content and services, additional research is needed in order to understand the metaverse’s effects at the organizational level. This study aims to present the conditions for strengthening the motivation to use the metaverse from the perspective of organizations and members who have applied the metaverse in the workplace on a trial basis. In this study, an online questionnaire was conducted targeting workers of organizations with a history of using the metaverse for business, and the hypotheses were tested using 304 valid samples. As a result of the analysis, it was found that telepresence, a characteristic of the metaverse, influences the intention to continue using the metaverse through informativeness, interactivity, and enjoyment. In addition, the shared goal of the organization’s digital transformation moderated the influence relationship between telepresence and an individual’s motivations, and an individual’s digital competence moderated the influence relationship between motivation and the intention of continuous use. This study suggests a digital transformation strategy for an organization in terms of suggesting ways to strengthen the motivations for the use of the metaverse of employees in the organization.

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Virtual reality adoption during the COVID-19 pandemic: A uses and gratifications perspective

Cited by 99 publications

References 45 publications

Virtual Fitness: investigating team commitment and post-pandemic virtual workout perceptions

Virtual Fitness: investigating team commitment and post-pandemic virtual workout perceptions

Augmented, Virtual and Mixed Reality in Dentistry: A Narrative Review on the Existing Platforms and Future Challenges

Do an Organization’s Digital Transformation and Employees’ Digital Competence Catalyze the Use of Telepresence?

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