Virtual reality is providing new tools to explore and quantify human social cognition. Here
we review some recent studies using virtual characters to study imitation behaviour, with a …

… This section describes two experiments by Pan et al. (2016, 2018) which involve VR re-creations
of difficult social situations typical of medical practice. The first experiment (…

We introduce a new method, based on immersive virtual reality (IVR), to give people the
illusion of having traveled backwards through time to relive a sequence of events in which they …

… Yajie Zhao, Sylvia Xueni Pan, Liwei Chan, Maki Sugimoto …

… Sylvia Xueni Pan focuses on the human-centric aspects of embodiment in XR, particularly
in the application area of health. Her talk is entitled “Immersive Social Interaction for Health …

… I would specifically like to thank Mel Slater and Xueni (Sylvia) Pan. I would also like to thank
my current institution, Goldsmiths, University of London, for all the support in my research. …

… In a lecture at the Virtual Futures Forum, Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan explained the immersive
nature of VR technology. It creates what she describes as a placement and plausibility illusion …

… Kazuya Murao, Ritsumeikan University, Japan Benjamin Nuernberger, NASA, USA Anne-Hélène
Olivier, INRIA, France Sylvia Xueni Pan, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK xxi Ye …

As the use of entertainment multimedia and 3D technology increases in many sectors of our
life, the expectation for more “realism” from the average user also grows higher. In most …

… Sylvia Xueni Pan of University College London is excited by its potential to shed light on
the role of emotion. “Most moral dilemma tests reveal how people think,” she says. “In real life …