Statistical Analysis of Scientific Research Challenges for Disabled Virtual Reality Users

This study aimed to identify the challenges associated with scientific research and digital quality for Persons with Disabilities using virtual reality libraries. It gathered the opinions of 122 language teachers, as well as 35 Persons with Disabilities (both male and female, with various disabilities) aged between 14 and 18 years in the United Arab Emirates. Utilizing a descriptive-analytical approach with a questionnaire, the results highlighted several materials, administrative, training, and technical challenges that impact scientific research and digital quality for Persons with Disabilities within the framework of virtual reality libraries, as viewed by both language teachers and persons themselves. Among language teachers, the mean scores for scientific research challenges ranged from 2.98 to 4.98, and for digital quality challenges, they ranged from 2.99 to 4.97, with significant differences observed at the 0.05 level. Regarding the second sample of Persons with Disabilities, the average for the challenges of scientific research was 4.3, which is the same as the average for the challenges of digital quality. These averages are significant at the level of 0.05. The results also indicated no significant differences between males and females at the 0.05 level in their opinions regarding these four challenges. The study concluded by recommending the necessity of addressing these challenges, ensuring that virtual reality applications consider the realities and needs of Persons with Disabilities in relation to their scientific research and digital quality through the utilization of virtual libraries.