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THE IMPACT OF VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR ON THE REDUCTION OF STRESS AMONG UNIVERSITY UTARA MALAYSIA STUDENTS
  • Menakah Vicknecsvarran,
  • Siti Salmi Jamali
Menakah Vicknecsvarran
Universiti Utara Malaysia Kolej Sastera dan Sains

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Siti Salmi Jamali
Universiti Utara Malaysia Kolej Sastera dan Sains
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Abstract

In this digital world, globalization has created some impeccable inventions which have benefited society in numerous ways. One of the astonishing inventions would be virtual reality tours, which has proven its worth in many industries such as medical, tourism, entertainment and many more. As such, virtual reality tours have given an opportunity to society to enjoy the privileges of being present in an environment virtually yet able to have the sense of belonging to such an environment. To narrow this down, this research clearly portrayed the interactive relationship that can be created via virtual reality tour to reduce the students’ stress to an acceptable level. In that case, the purpose of this research is to utilize the effect of active motivational status (enjoyment, emotional involvement, engagement) towards stress reduction using virtual reality tour among University Utara Malaysia (UUM) students. In this research, quantitative approach is chosen due to its prominent capability to analyze the relationship between the variables that have been selected. The Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale – 21 Items (DASS-21), questionnaire is deployed to measure the level of stress among the participants. 30 UUM students are recruited for this research.