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Alice Gruber

Augsburg University of Applied Sciences

Professor

Campus am Roten Tor Schülestraße 1

Augsburg

Germany

  • Augsburg University of Applied Sciences

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1.

The Impact of High-Immersion Virtual Reality on Foreign Language Anxiety

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 05 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 04 May 2025
Regina Kaplan-Rakowski and Alice Gruber
University of North Texas and Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Downloads 953 (60,872)
Citation 19

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virtual reality (VR), foreign language anxiety (FLA), virtual humans, speaking practice, public speaking, Zoom, virtual agents

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An Experimental Study on Reading in High-Immersion Virtual Reality

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 10 Aug 2023
Regina Kaplan-Rakowski and Alice Gruber
University of North Texas and Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Downloads 474 (154,619)
Citation 6

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high-immersion virtual reality (VR), reading comprehension, motivation, sense of presence, cognitive load

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User Experience of Public Speaking Practice in Virtual Reality

Gruber, A., & Kaplan-Rakowski, R., User experience of public speaking practice in virtual reality. In R. Zheng (Ed.), Cognitive and affective perspectives on immersive technology in education (pp. xx-xx). IGI Global, 2020
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 15 May 2020
Alice Gruber and Regina Kaplan-Rakowski
Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and University of North Texas
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Citation 1

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Anxiety, Plausibility Illusion, Public Speaking, Virtual Reality, Virtual Humans

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A Comparative Study on the Impact of High-Immersion Virtual Reality and Video Narratives on the Development of Empathy

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2025
Alice Gruber and Regina Kaplan-Rakowski
Augsburg University of Applied Sciences and University of North Texas
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virtual reality, empathy building, enjoyment, perspective-taking, sense of presence

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The Effect of High-Immersion Virtual Reality on Agency, Enjoyment, Cognitive Load, and Incidental Vocabulary Learning

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Jun 2025 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2026
Regina Kaplan-Rakowski and Alice Gruber
University of North Texas and Augsburg University of Applied Sciences
Downloads 97 (725,554)
Citation 1

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Agency, cognitive load, enjoyment, high-immersion virtual reality, vocabulary learning, VR games