OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Virtual Reality is 33. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
3D model-based tracking combining edges, keypoints and fiducial markers	242
PanoEmo, a set of affective 360-degree panoramas: a psychophysiological study	181
Effects of physical walking on eyes-engaged target selection with ray-casting pointing in virtual reality	170
Altered functional connectivity of the hippocampus with the sensorimotor cortex induced by long-term experience of virtual hand illusion	138
Wearable augmentative and alternative communication (wAAC): a novel solution for people with complex communication needs	108
Correction to: Acceptance and use of virtual reality games: an extension of HMSAM	90
Social VR design features and experiential outcomes: narrative review and relationship map for dyadic agent conversations	80
Intelligence at play: game-based assessment using a virtual-reality application	75
Effect of optical flow and user VR familiarity on curvature gain thresholds for redirected walking	71
Immersive virtual reality for upper limb rehabilitation: comparing hand and controller interaction	70
Examination of fire scene reconstructions using virtual reality to enhance forensic decision-making. A case study in Scotland.	60
The effect of embodied interaction designs on flow experience: examination in VR games	56
Full body video-based self-avatars for mixed reality: from E2E system to user study	56
Not just a game: the effect of active versus passive virtual reality experiences on anxiety and sadness	55
A novel low cybersickness dynamic rotation gain enhancer based on spatial position and orientation in virtual environments	53
Robust vision-based glove pose estimation for both hands in virtual reality	52
Do individual constraints induce flexibility of visual field dependence following a virtual immersion? Effects of perceptive style and cybersickness	52
Spatially dependent veiling glare degrades image quality in medical extended reality	50
X-Board: an egocentric adaptive AR assistant for perception in indoor environments	50
Multisensory processing of emotional cues predicts intrusive memories after virtual reality trauma	49
A scoping review of the use of lab streaming layer framework in virtual and augmented reality research	48
Impact of immersive virtual reality games or traditional physical exercise on cardiovascular and autonomic responses, enjoyment and sleep quality: a randomized crossover study	44
Concert experiences in virtual reality environments	42
The effects of spatial configuration on relative translation gain thresholds in redirected walking	41
Fitted avatars: automatic skeleton adjustment for self-avatars in virtual reality	39

Toward inertial position tracking for head-mounted displays: a dataset and a deep learning approach evaluation	37
Virtual reality interaction based on visual attention and kinesthetic information	37
Ray tracing-based construction of 3D background model for real-time stereoscopic rendering of live immersive video	36
Older adults’ user experience of virtual tourism: exploring presence and experiential value with respect to age difference	35
cleAR: an interoperable architecture for multi-user AR-based school curricula	35
Hands-free multi-type character text entry in virtual reality	34
Marketing in the metaverse era: toward an integrative channel approach	34
Design and evaluation of an adaptive virtual reality training system	33