{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4412014293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2025.2524029","title":"Trends and applications of AI in immersive learning environments: a systematic review of empirical research","display_name":"Trends and applications of AI in immersive learning environments: a systematic review of empirical research","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-07-03","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4412014293","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2025.2524029"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/10494820.2025.2524029","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2025.2524029","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S90466346","display_name":"Interactive Learning Environments","issn_l":"1049-4820","issn":["1049-4820","1744-5191"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Interactive Learning Environments","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"review","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046446215","display_name":"Yun Wen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6334-9790"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yun Wen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6334-9790","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5005602745","display_name":"Zongran Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3404-6774"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zongran Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5111047604","display_name":"Xinyu Guo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2560-4040"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I172675005","display_name":"Nanyang Technological University","ror":"https://ror.org/02e7b5302","country_code":"SG","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}],"countries":["SG"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xinyu Guo","raw_affiliation_strings":["Nanyang Technological University"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Nanyang Technological University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5046446215"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I172675005"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.6422,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.93329715,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"34","issue":"3","first_page":"1544","last_page":"1562"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10888","display_name":"Augmented Reality Applications","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10888","display_name":"Augmented Reality Applications","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10648","display_name":"Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts","score":0.9988999962806702,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10731","display_name":"Educational Games and Gamification","score":0.9812999963760376,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.6262884736061096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.4829546809196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.4671608507633209},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/multimedia","display_name":"Multimedia","score":0.40745729207992554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-science","display_name":"Data science","score":0.32970988750457764}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6262884736061096},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.4829546809196472},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.4671608507633209},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49774154","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131765","display_name":"Multimedia","level":1,"score":0.40745729207992554},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2522767166","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2374463","display_name":"Data science","level":1,"score":0.32970988750457764},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/10494820.2025.2524029","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2025.2524029","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S90466346","display_name":"Interactive Learning Environments","issn_l":"1049-4820","issn":["1049-4820","1744-5191"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Interactive Learning Environments","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","display_name":"Quality Education","score":0.7200000286102295}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G8160234398","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"MOE SSHRF 8/22 WY","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306515","funder_display_name":"Social Science Research Council"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320306515","display_name":"Social Science Research Council","ror":"https://ror.org/006cvnv84"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320336566","display_name":"Ministry of Education Science and Technology Industry-University Cooperation and Education Project","ror":null}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":82,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W278613646","https://openalex.org/W1593163947","https://openalex.org/W1967971235","https://openalex.org/W1975675278","https://openalex.org/W2122122381","https://openalex.org/W2136757566","https://openalex.org/W2145839404","https://openalex.org/W2149003305","https://openalex.org/W2518907001","https://openalex.org/W2741359128","https://openalex.org/W2746986659","https://openalex.org/W2753700642","https://openalex.org/W2796318591","https://openalex.org/W2800786311","https://openalex.org/W2887720395","https://openalex.org/W2904359784","https://openalex.org/W2946020623","https://openalex.org/W2969328064","https://openalex.org/W2979057315","https://openalex.org/W2981863007","https://openalex.org/W2993504750","https://openalex.org/W3003357210","https://openalex.org/W3005811651","https://openalex.org/W3006472187","https://openalex.org/W3020383060","https://openalex.org/W3040438235","https://openalex.org/W3046530224","https://openalex.org/W3047842435","https://openalex.org/W3111510638","https://openalex.org/W3118615836","https://openalex.org/W3132276786","https://openalex.org/W3154039277","https://openalex.org/W3214281311","https://openalex.org/W4206806123","https://openalex.org/W4210346860","https://openalex.org/W4226003430","https://openalex.org/W4281751285","https://openalex.org/W4283465309","https://openalex.org/W4284991798","https://openalex.org/W4294215472","https://openalex.org/W4298002001","https://openalex.org/W4310249545","https://openalex.org/W4313425238","https://openalex.org/W4313472958","https://openalex.org/W4313594765","https://openalex.org/W4319596531","https://openalex.org/W4327979544","https://openalex.org/W4360818580","https://openalex.org/W4362581834","https://openalex.org/W4366300686","https://openalex.org/W4367678106","https://openalex.org/W4376105027","https://openalex.org/W4376280224","https://openalex.org/W4381249167","https://openalex.org/W4381433920","https://openalex.org/W4383067484","https://openalex.org/W4387406184","https://openalex.org/W4390154952","https://openalex.org/W4391287285","https://openalex.org/W4392248081","https://openalex.org/W4392842015","https://openalex.org/W4392849320","https://openalex.org/W4395447513","https://openalex.org/W4396766974","https://openalex.org/W4399110499","https://openalex.org/W4399267646","https://openalex.org/W4400134894","https://openalex.org/W4400252249","https://openalex.org/W4401914816","https://openalex.org/W4402758172","https://openalex.org/W4402890097","https://openalex.org/W4404586651","https://openalex.org/W4404797413","https://openalex.org/W4404949124","https://openalex.org/W4405105706","https://openalex.org/W4407141938","https://openalex.org/W4407169196","https://openalex.org/W4408064790","https://openalex.org/W4410615965","https://openalex.org/W6635425622","https://openalex.org/W6743117384","https://openalex.org/W6814551917"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W4396701345","https://openalex.org/W2376932109","https://openalex.org/W2001405890","https://openalex.org/W4396696052"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"study":[1],"presents":[2],"a":[3,31],"systematic":[4],"review":[5,115],"of":[6,61,95,106],"empirical":[7],"studies":[8,79],"on":[9,81],"AI-powered":[10],"immersive":[11,38,73,147],"learning":[12,39,74,148],"environments":[13,75],"from":[14],"2004":[15],"to":[16,46,54],"April":[17],"2025.":[18],"Following":[19],"the":[20,59,93,128],"PRISMA":[21],"framework,":[22],"41":[23],"research":[24],"articles":[25],"were":[26],"analyzed.":[27],"The":[28,104,114],"findings":[29],"demonstrate":[30],"growing":[32],"trend":[33],"in":[34,63,72,144],"integrating":[35],"AI":[36,51,62],"into":[37],"environments,":[40],"with":[41],"conversational":[42],"agents":[43],"commonly":[44],"used":[45,53],"support":[47],"communication":[48],"and":[49,66,84,89,111,124,127,142],"generative":[50],"increasingly":[52],"co-create":[55],"context-aware":[56],"content.":[57],"Meanwhile,":[58],"role":[60],"providing":[64],"understandable":[65],"comprehensive":[67],"feedback":[68,122],"beyond":[69],"accuracy":[70],"improvement":[71],"remains":[76],"underexplored.":[77],"Most":[78],"focus":[80],"learner":[82],"perceptions":[83],"often":[85],"lack":[86],"theoretical":[87],"grounding":[88],"validated":[90],"instruments,":[91],"though":[92],"use":[94],"objective":[96],"data":[97],"such":[98,120],"as":[99,121],"log":[100],"files":[101],"is":[102],"increasing.":[103],"majority":[105],"interventions":[107],"remain":[108],"small-scale,":[109],"short-term,":[110],"lab":[112],"based.":[113],"also":[116],"highlights":[117],"several":[118],"challenges":[119],"quality":[123],"sensor":[125],"limitations,":[126],"need":[129],"for":[130,137],"teacher":[131],"professional":[132],"development.":[133],"Recommendations":[134],"are":[135],"proposed":[136],"future":[138],"educational":[139],"practitioners,":[140],"researchers,":[141],"developers":[143],"designing":[145],"intelligent":[146],"environments.":[149]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-06-14T06:11:07.267592","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}