• Title: Virtual Reality Methods: A Guide for Researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities
• Author(s) Phil Jones, Tess Osborne
• Publisher: Policy Press; First Edition (July 26, 2022); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
• Hardcover: 158 pages
• eBook: PDF and PDF Files
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1447360753
• ISBN-13: 978-1447360759
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Book Description

This book explores the many opportunities that Virtual Reality (VR) can offer for humanities and social sciences researchers. The book provides a user-friendly, non-technical methods guide to using ready-made VR content and 360° video as well as creating custom materials.

• Phil Jones is Reader in Cultural Geography at the University of Birmingham.

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