TY - GEN
T1 - Opportunities, challenges, and training needs in the use of VR in higher education and SMEs
T2 - 1st International Conference of the ACM Greek SIGCHI Chapter, CHI Greece 2021
AU - Kosmas, Panagiotis
AU - Makridou, Eria
AU - Pirkkalainen, Henri
AU - Torro, Osku
AU - Vrasidas, Charalambos
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/11/25
Y1 - 2021/11/25
N2 - The use and adoption of VR solutions have increased rapidly due to recent technological developments. Over the last years, there have been many initiatives to develop and adopt VR in many different fields, including education and business. This paper describes the state-of-the-art of VR use in Cyprus and Finland, focusing on the use of VR technology in Higher Education (HE) Institutions and in Small to Medium Enterprises (SME). Interview sessions were conducted with 16 expert people from Higher Education and business to firstly identify the key technologies available and secondly to analyze the opportunities, strengths, challenges, and training needs concerning the adoption of VR. The analysis revealed essential considerations and valuable insights about the development, adoption, and promotion of VR solutions in Higher Education and the business sector.
AB - The use and adoption of VR solutions have increased rapidly due to recent technological developments. Over the last years, there have been many initiatives to develop and adopt VR in many different fields, including education and business. This paper describes the state-of-the-art of VR use in Cyprus and Finland, focusing on the use of VR technology in Higher Education (HE) Institutions and in Small to Medium Enterprises (SME). Interview sessions were conducted with 16 expert people from Higher Education and business to firstly identify the key technologies available and secondly to analyze the opportunities, strengths, challenges, and training needs concerning the adoption of VR. The analysis revealed essential considerations and valuable insights about the development, adoption, and promotion of VR solutions in Higher Education and the business sector.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120861234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3489410.3489430
DO - 10.1145/3489410.3489430
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85120861234
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - CHI Greece 2021
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 25 November 2021 through 27 November 2021
ER -