Front Cover -- Virtual Reality Methods: A Guide for Researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- List of abbreviations -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- ONE What is VR and why use it in research? -- Introduction -- Defining terms -- Why undertake research using VR? -- Immersion and presence -- The evolution of VR -- Structure of this book -- References -- TWO Working with existing VR material: content analysis -- Introduction -- The absence of content analysis -- Lessons from gaming literature -- Analysing embodied engagement -- Case study: approaching a content analysis of Half-Life: Alyx -- Situating the content -- Documenting the experience -- Analysing the materials -- Conclusion -- References -- THREE Working with existing VR material: activities with participants -- Introduction -- Ethical considerations -- User experience -- Therapeutic and training applications -- Case study: surviving the zombie apocalypse -- Conclusions -- References -- FOUR Working with social VR -- Introduction -- Opportunities for collaboration -- Avatars, social cues and harassment -- Case study: VR Church -- Conclusions -- References -- FIVE Creating 360° imagery -- Introduction -- Travelling through 360° -- 360° therapeutic landscapes -- Sensory VR -- Case study: mismatched sensory stimuli -- Creating the VR environments -- The study -- Conclusion -- References -- SIX Creating original VR content -- Introduction -- Scenario testing -- Reproducing environments -- Case study: building urban landscapes -- Conclusion -- References -- SEVEN Conclusion: next steps in VR research -- References -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.