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Virtual reality meetings foster richer engagement and a stronger sense of presence than 2D tools for divergence-heavy activities like brainstorming, though their everyday viability is currently limited by setup complexity, interaction constraints, and asymmetric participation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate how the spatial and social affordances of commercial virtual reality meeting platforms shape everyday remote collaboration, floor negotiation, and group cohesion.

September 3, 2026Virtual RealityOpen Access

Beyond the screen: insights on social and spatial affordances of virtual reality conferencing platforms

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STSelen TürkayQueensland University of Technology

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Mixed-methods case study reveals enhanced social presence during virtual reality collaboration in professional teams, suggesting adoption is optimal for creative, divergence-heavy tasks.

Key Points

Investigate how the spatial and social affordances of commercial virtual reality meeting platforms shape everyday remote collaboration, floor negotiation, and group cohesion.
Conducted two mixed-methods case studies with existing teams (N₁ = 16, N₂ = 9) across multiple sessions using five commercial VR meeting applications.
Gathered observational, focus group, and questionnaire data assessing affordances including spatial audio, proxemics, avatar customization, and shared artifacts.
VR meetings fostered richer user engagement and a stronger sense of social presence than 2D tools, providing distinct benefits for divergence-heavy activities like brainstorming and design critique.
Everyday platform viability was constrained by three recurring challenges: setup complexity, limited movement and interaction fidelity, and asymmetric dynamics between headset and desktop participants.

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Selen Türkay (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a99351f636c6408cfa7d136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-026-01471-7

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September 3, 2026Virtual RealityOpen Access

Beyond the screen: insights on social and spatial affordances of virtual reality conferencing platforms

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Authors

STSelen TürkayQueensland University of Technology

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Implication

Mixed-methods case study reveals enhanced social presence during virtual reality collaboration in professional teams, suggesting adoption is optimal for creative, divergence-heavy tasks.

Key Points

Investigate how the spatial and social affordances of commercial virtual reality meeting platforms shape everyday remote collaboration, floor negotiation, and group cohesion.
Conducted two mixed-methods case studies with existing teams (N₁ = 16, N₂ = 9) across multiple sessions using five commercial VR meeting applications.
Gathered observational, focus group, and questionnaire data assessing affordances including spatial audio, proxemics, avatar customization, and shared artifacts.
VR meetings fostered richer user engagement and a stronger sense of social presence than 2D tools, providing distinct benefits for divergence-heavy activities like brainstorming and design critique.
Everyday platform viability was constrained by three recurring challenges: setup complexity, limited movement and interaction fidelity, and asymmetric dynamics between headset and desktop participants.

Cite This Study

Selen Türkay (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a99351f636c6408cfa7d136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-026-01471-7

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