Book Reckon - The Use of Virtual Reality in the Creation of Libraries of the Future

In recent years, the way we make the decision to read a book has diversified a lot. From simple methods based on friends’ recommendations or the desire to read a book after watching a movie based on that book, to more complex methods that use artificial intelligence algorithms that build increasingly advanced user profiles. In this context, our project comes with a solution in virtual reality, where the user receives various types of information about books (textual, visual, auditory) and recommendations based on the advanced profiles we build for them. Thus, he can make the decision to read a book based on more information that he accesses within an interesting experience given by the virtual space where he interacts with them. The experiments carried out showed the readers’ interest and desire to explore other methods different from the traditional ones to find the desired book. They appreciated the fact that different types of information can be brought in the same application and can contribute to their final decision in choosing the desired book.