Table 1.

Characteristics of the virtual reality (VR) environment for each research study.

	Year	Content	Locomotion	Headset	Aim of the study
Study 1	2017	VR buffet	Walking	HTC Vive	Measure the influence of messages about children’s diet on parents’ feeding behavior
Study 2	2011	VR buffet	Walking	nVisor SX60	Measure the influence of children’s risk information provision on parents’ feeding behavior
Study 3	2009	Virtual clinic	Walking	nVisor SX60	Assess medical students’ reaction to a virtual patient’s weight in a clinical scenario
Study 4	2020	Virtual clinic	Seated	HTC Vive Pro	Assess medical students’ use of a virtual patient’s genomic risk information in a clinical scenario
Study 5	2014	Virtual clinic	Seated	nVisor SX60	Assess reaction of women with overweight to virtual provider’s messages
Study 6	2012	Virtual clinic	Seated	nVisor SX60	Assess reaction of women with overweight to virtual provider’s messages