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Adaptation and Effects of Social-VR as a Tool for Overcoming Social Distance in Higher Education

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2021

  • Funder

    NWO Netherlands

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Miguel Barreda Ángeles

  • Research Location

    Netherlands

  • Lead Research Institution

    VU Amsterdam

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

Based on a collaboration of SURFsara (central organisation for ICT in Dutch higher education), the Virtual Dutch Men (an acclaimed developer of VR applications), and VU University Amsterdam (scientific partner, but also stakeholder), this project proposes a highly immersive social Virtual Reality intervention to enhance well-being and learning motivation among first-year university students with limited or no access to campus life and fellow students.