Research studying VR as an object assesses the content & structure of VR and how variants affect the user, including measuring if VR experience prompts presence, evokes emotions or causes motion sickness. Research on VR as an object suggests virtual humans can exercise palpable social influence over the user and their responses to such influence appears similar in VR and reality. 

VR as an object of study

VR interventions are utilized for clinical & practical purposes, interventions cover a wide array of areas. Research suggests VR interventions compare favorable to existing treatment. 

VR interventions

VR may be used to test research questions unrelated to the technology itself, but rather with the research questions related to human behavior and responses through use of VR. 

VR as a research tool

-	VR as an object of study
-	VR interventions
-	VR as a research tool

Syracuse University

VR is an overreaching term for a collection of computer hardware and software designed to immerse the individual user into an artificial environment, in which they view three-dimensional computer-generated images. While wearing this system, a user’s movements and orientation are tracked and fed back into the system to adapt the presentation of the virtual environment.

Virtual reality (VR)

Martingano, A. J., & Persky, S. (2021). Virtual reality expands the toolkit for conducting health psychology research. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 15(7). https://doi-org.libezproxy2.syr.edu/10.1111/spc3.12606

Virtual reality expands the toolkit for conducting health psychology research

Virtual reality is an emerging communication technology that has become a more readily available consumer product, thusly strengthening its potential as a research tool for health psychology.

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