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New Opportunities for Virtual and Augmented Reality during the Covid-19 Pandemic
New Opportunities for Virtual and Augmented Reality during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Author(s): Ján Proner, Dušan Blahút
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Health and medicine and law, Phenomenology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnave, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie
Keywords: Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; COVID-19; Innovation; Virtual Space;

Summary/Abstract: In the last decades, the issue of virtual and augmented reality has become known throughout several scientific fields. This phenomenon, which was once considered science-fiction, is currently being studied by the academia in many contexts. With the pandemic, new opportunities to utilise modern tools of virtual and augmented reality have opened up. Due to strict government measures, people were faced with a situation they had never been in before. Virtual and augmented reality offer tools and opportunities through which people can learn, communicate, shop, or have fun. This article maps the use of virtual and augmented reality during the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus in various areas, such as healthcare, education, tourism, culture, and shopping.

  • Issue Year: 8/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 581-589
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English