A Literature Review of Virtual Reality in Interpreting Teaching (2012-2023)

As an important content of metaverse, the integration of virtual reality technology with interpreting teaching has attracted increasingly attention in the field of interpreting research. By screening major journals and databases, based on the application of 19 virtual reality technologies in interpreting teaching in recent 11 years, by a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, from five aspects: publication trends, research topics, researchers and levels, research areas, and the design and development of the virtual reality platform, this paper formed an coding analytical framework for a systematic literature review of the application of virtual reality technology in interpreting teaching. Through content analysis to conduct a systematic literature review, it aims to systematically analyze the development trend, hot research topics and mainstream research methods of virtual reality technology applied in interpreting teaching in the past 11 years, and then summarize its research direction and the use of the platform, finally give the problems and suggestions.