Digitisation is not only transforming our society it is also having an impact on the environment: On the one hand, digitisation can improve the state of the environment for example through digitally optimised production processes. On the other hand, negative environmental rebound effects can...

The Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) economic impact is expected to hit US$ 29.5 billion in 2020. Brands (Volvo / L'Oréal) and retailers (Carrefour / Lowe's) have built on-site VR facilities which offer more attractive shopping experiences than traditional environments. The...

Purpose: The correct interaction between the workforce and augmented, virtual, and mixed reality technologies represents a crucial aspect of the success of the smart factory. This interaction is, indeed, affected by the variability of human behavior and its reliability, which can strongly...

The paper investigated the effect of augmented reality on the academic performance of undergraduate students in econometrics in the northwest, Nigeria. The paper sought to determine whether there was a difference in the academic performance of the students taught using AR and those taught the...

Teleworking has, today, become a necessity for many organizations, so effective virtual team management is critical. This study analyzes the influence of the personality traits of virtual team workers on team efficiency. To do so we examine the effects of subordinates' personalities on the trust...

While previous research has considered the socioeconomic factors that influence housing mobility, few studies have specifically examined a particular technology’s positive or negative effect on housing mobility. In this study, we contribute to the understanding of housing mobility from a...

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the way students learn and engage with their peers and instructors. Likewise , instructors had to quickly transform their course materials to suit the online classroom format. Results from a survey of students at an educational institution revealed...

How does augmented reality affect consumers’ online purchase intentions? Drawing on media richness theory and construal level theory, the authors hypothesized augmented reality should improve consumers’ perceptions of diagnosticity, psychological distance, risks, and purchase intention...

Invasion of locust swarms has affected the crops in many countries in Africa and Asia which is a major threat to food security. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), locusts have the ability to fly over 130 km a day and stay in the air for a long time. There are different...

We develop a virtual tokamak platform choosing KSTAR tokamak as the target device. The Unity® game engine is employed to visualize the KSTAR main device. It is shown that with a proper reduction of the CAD data, a fast and interactive display of the device can be achieved in personal computer....

Nicht erst seitdem sich der Facebook-Konzern im Oktober 2021 in Meta umbenannt hat, gewinnt das Thema Metaverse ganzheitlich an Bedeutung. Auch Erfahrungen aufgrund der Coronapandemie haben in hohem Maße digitale Anwendungen beflügelt. Im Kern beschreibt die Vision des Metaverse den Übergang...

HEIs have continuously been the vanguard of novel technologies, pushing progress and establishing the afterward generation of scientists, businesspersons, and engineers. Virtual and augmented reality technologies are on the borderline of enlargement nowadays. To better understand who are...

In the social sciences, teaching methods, approaches and tools have advanced over the past decades. This progress, however, has mostly taken place on a theoretical level. Very few of the ideas and findings were implemented in class. A typical class in the social sciences remains in a lecture...