A virtual reality system for court interpreting education and its effects on motivation and fluency based on self determination theory
Chan-in Sio, Andrew K F Cheung, Yao Yao, Rui Xie, Xian Wang, Chi Sun, Lik-Hang Lee · 2026
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Chan-in Sio and colleagues published a 2026 study of MetaCourt, a virtual reality courtroom for training court interpreters. Fair trials depend on them, yet traditional training is passive and short on live practice. The team designed the immersive environment with trainee input, framing the design around self-determination theory and a player-experience model of needs satisfaction. Twenty-one undergraduates in the field then tested it against conventional digital methods.
Students interpreting in virtual reality spoke more fluently, while accuracy stayed level with the traditional approach. Users reported strong feelings of autonomy, intuitive controls, and presence in the scene, plus lower mental workload than expected. The authors present MetaCourt as the first court interpreting trainer built on this motivation framework and a promising route to more engaging practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chan-in Sio, Andrew K F Cheung, Yao Yao, Rui Xie, Xian Wang, Chi Sun, Lik-Hang Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |