The Relationship between Requirements Engineering and Virtual Reality Systems: A Systematic Literature Review

The development of Virtual Reality (VR) is a difficult task, requiring knowledge and understanding of different areas. Furthermore, the Requirements Engineering (RE) has a key role in the development of VR systems, because the requirements of these systems are imposed directly by human senses and abstracted by the ability of the developers to represent the physical and kinematic models of these environments. The aim of this paper is to present the results of a Systematic Literature Review to consolidate existing evidence regarding the use of RE for VR systems and VR contributions to the RE process. We have analyzed 12 primary studies published between 1998 and 2011. The results indicate mainly the deficiency of studies that show the use of the RE process for VR systems, because it is necessary that this process occur in accordance with the technological peculiarities of VR systems.

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