Table 1.

Summary of prior review articles on immersive technology in tourism

References	Scope	Protocol	Databases/type of literature included	Keywords	No. of articles	Timespan	Key findings
Baker et al. (2017)	Mobile AR applications for deaf and hard of hearing visitors	Systematic literature review Expert opinion	IEEE, SpringerLink, World Scientific, and ScienceDirect AR-related to hearing impaired	Mobile augmented reality engagement	11	Not mentioned	Eleven elements to trigger engagement with mobile augmented reality for hard of hearing visitors at museums and galleries
Beck et al. (2019)	A comprehensive review of VR and its classification based on the immersive level (non-immersive, Semi-immersive, Full-immersive)	State-of-the-art review	ScienceDirect and Google Scholar Peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journal articles	VR tourism, VR technology in tourism, immersive tourism, 360-degree tourism, virtual tourism, and virtual environment (VE) in tourism	27	2000–2018	VR classification based on the immersive level including its definition VR challenges in tourism Potential use of VR during pre-travel phase and on-site
Wei (2019)	AR and VR in tourism and hospitality	Literature review	Sage, ScienceDirect, Emerald, EBSCOhost Peer-reviewed journal articles	Virtual reality, augmented reality, hospitality, tourism	60	2000–2018	Key constructs within a framework (stimuli, dimensions, consequences) on VR/AR application in tourism and hospitality Theoretical development in AR and VR studies Research methodologies development on AR and VR studies
Yung and Khoo-Lattimore (2019)	AR and VR application in tourism sector	Systematic quantitative review	Scopus, EBSCO, Elsevier, ProQuest, and Emerald Peer-reviewed journal articles	‘Augmented realit*’, ‘virtual realit*’, ‘virtual world*’, ‘virtual environ*’	46	Any studies until 2016	AR and VR in marketing, education, experience enhancement, food and beverage, and Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions (MICE) Theory-based VR and AR tourism research