This edited volume collects a series of studies concerning the most recent developments in the industrial applications of augmented and virtual reality. Each chapter outlines the most recent advancements in the theory and applications of augmented and virtual reality to different sectors of technology, industry and society. The book thus contributes to a study of the interaction between humans and machines in Industry 5.0.
Dr. Richa Goel is Associate Professor-Economics and International Business at SCMS, Symbiosis University Noida. She is a Gold Medalist in her Master of Economics with dual specialization at master level accompanied with an MBA in HR and also with dual specialization at graduate level with Gold Medalist in Economics Honors also with Bachelor of Law. She is Ph.D. in Management where she had worked for almost 6 years on area of Diversity Management. She has a journey of almost 21+ years in academic. She is consistently striving to create a challenging and engaging learning environment where students become life-long scholars and learners. She has to her credit many Scopus Indexed Books including Research Papers in UGC, SCOPUS, ABDC publications in reputed national and international journals accompanied with hundreds of Research participation in International/National Conferences including FDP, MDP and Symposiums. She is serving as a member of review committee for conferences and journals. She is handling many Scopus International Peer Reviewed Journals as Lead Editor for regular and special issue journals. She is acting as the Associate Editor & special issue Editor of Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, JSFI is abstracted and indexed in the Chartered Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Guide (2018 edition) and Scopus, Print ISSN: 2043-0795 Online ISSN: 2043-0809. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.52 under Q1 category. Her area of interest includes Development & Sustainable Economics, Economics Business Restructuring, Fusion of Technology with International Business.
Prof. (Dr.) S. K. Baral has done his M. Com, LL. B, MBA and Ph.D. (Awarded in the year 1999) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. As an active academician, he has been closely associated with several foreign Universities, such as Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom, University of Washington, Bothell, USA, University of Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and Eudoxia Research University, New Castle, USA for multiple academic activities. He is an Accredited Management Teacher (AMT) recognised by All India Management Association (AIMA), New Delhi, India. He has completed QIP in ‘Professional Ethics’ from IIT-Kharagpur, India. He has been recognized as a CEGR Certified Academic Leader. He has contributed 146 Research Papers in different referred National and International Journals (including Scopus, Emerald, IGI Global, ABDC, Taylor & Francis, Sage, Springer and UGC Care Listed, etc.) to his credit. He has authored 14 books and edited 13 books. He has published 4 e-Resources (e-gyansagar) and 4 study materials for different universities. He has conferred with 27 National and International Awards. He has earned 06 Indian Copyrights in his favour to his credit. He is also a NAAC Assessor (Peer-team Member), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. He has contributed an important National Level Policy Paper on Higher Education Scenario of Chhattisgarh State of India to the Ministry of HRD, Government of India. He is the Chief Editor of ‘Splint International Journal of Professionals’, a Quarterly Published International Journal, ISSN 2349 – 6045 (P) 2583-3661 (O), abstracted and indexed @ ProQuest, USA (part of Clarivate), J-Gate, Indian Citation Index & International Scientific Indexing since 2014 (URL: https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:sijp&type=home). He has 28 years of rich experience in academia by holding several important positions at various levels.
Dr. Tapas Mishra: Professor & Head of Department Banking and Finance, Professor of Banking and Finance, Director of the Centre for Empirical Research in Finance and Banking.
Prof. (Dr.) Tapas Mishra is currently a Professor and Head of Banking and Finance at the
Southampton Business School, where he lectures in the subject areas of Quantitative Finance and
Advanced Time Series Modelling. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Previously he held academic position (as Associate Professor of Economics and Time Series
Econometrics) at the Economics Department in Swansea University where he taught a range of
subjects, which include Advanced Macroeconomic Analysis, Econometric Theory, Mathematical
Economics and Applied Economics.
He has led several research projects awarded by both national and international funding bodies,
such as the Leverhulme Trust, the Ford Foundation and Winrock International, the Swedish
Research Council, and the European Commission’s FP6 Framework. His papers have been
published in leading scientific journals, such as Nature, World Development, Social Indicators
Research, Journal of Forecasting, Journal of Macroeconomics, European Journal of Finance,
Manchester School, and Economics Letters, among others. His recently published book on
Dynamics of Distribution and Diffusion of New Technologies (published by the Springer) has been
downloaded over 2800 times. His research has been presented at refereed national and international
conferences, such as the Royal Economic Society, the American Economic Association, Economic
History Association, EURAM, Econometric Society, and Science and Public Policy Conference at
the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Dr. Vishal Jain is presently working as an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Sharda University (Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh,
India). Before that, he has worked for several years as an associate professor at Bharati Vidyapeeth’s
Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi. He has more than 15 years of
experience in academics. He obtained PhD (CSE), MTech (CSE), MBA (HR), MCA, MCP, and CCNA. He has
authored more than 120 research papers in reputed conferences and journals, including Web of Science
and Scopus. He has authored and edited more than 35 books with various reputed publishers, including
De Gruyter, Elsevier, Springer, Apple Academic Press, CRC, Taylor and Francis Group, Scrivener, Wiley,
Emerald, and IGI-Global. His research areas include information retrieval, semantic web, ontology
engineering, data mining, ad hoc networks, and sensor networks. He received a Young Active Member
Award for the year 2012–13 from the Computer Society of India, Best Faculty Award for the year 2017, and
Best Researcher Award for the year 2019 from BVICAM, New Delhi.
