SI - MDPI Technologies

Authors of accepted and presented papers will have the opportunity to submit an extended version of their work to the journal Technologies for consideration in the Special Issue entitled "VR for Cognitive and Emotional Well-Being".

The synergy between Virtual Reality (VR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fundamentally reshaping the landscape of behavioral health, enabling the creation of adaptive, responsive environments that personalize cognitive training and emotional support in real time. This Special Issue invites high-quality papers on VR technologies that promote cognitive and emotional well-being, aligned with the technological scope of Technologies (MDPI). We welcome contributions that advance VR as a robust platform for assessment, intervention, and monitoring, emphasizing VR hardware and software architectures, interaction and embodiment techniques, multimodal sensing and analytics, AI-driven adaptation and personalization, and robust technical validation, together with or enabling clinically meaningful outcomes and real-world impact. Both original research articles and comprehensive review papers are welcome. We particularly encourage submissions that clearly describe the underlying VR technology (system design, implementation, interaction mechanisms, sensing workflows, analytics methods) and provide rigorous evaluation, including validated behavioral, cognitive, affective, and/or clinical outcome measures, as appropriate for translation into practice.

GUEST EDITORS

• Elio Salvadori - Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
• Susanna Pardini - Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy
• Nicola Moccaldi - University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
• Giovanni D'Errico - University of Salento, Italy