Students reported challenges with generated-model scale fidelity, shared attention in multi-user XR, motion comfort, and control over generation¶
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q1 i? GenAI-generated models did not reliably encode scale, simultaneous immersion did not always produce shared attention, and students reported motion sickness and limited control or reproducibility of outputs. → Xiao 2026
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Xiao 2026¶
Xiao, Y., Chen, M., Li, Y., Powers, N., Wiesenfeld, M., Smith, G., Farzin, S., Liu, S. (2026). Generative AI and Extended Reality in Collaborative Architectural Design Education: An Exploratory Studio Study. arXiv preprint arXiv:2609.13494. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.13494 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2609.13494
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Interview-based thematic finding on implementation frictions. One team reported communication "didn't really work out" because members "were looking at different areas, and we weren't looking at the same thing"; students also reported motion sickness, unintentional actions during early use, and prompt history that did not allow predictable reproduction.
"Students noted that GenAI-generated models did not reliably encode scale, making it difficult to use them directly for spatial reasoning. One student stated, "I asked it to make a 10 feet wall of 3D model, it wasn't 10 feet" (T3)."
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Related Claims¶
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- Students used GenAI and XR in complementary roles: GenAI for ideation and visual reference generation, XR for spatial, contextual, and scale-based evaluation — related
- Phase VI AI-enabled systems face six documented challenges: explainability, hallucination risk, prompt sensitivity, computational cost, validation complexity, and limited large-scale evidence — related
- Students' main AI challenges are content reliability and depth, and most expect AI to serve as tutor, creative partner, and critical thinking partner rather than mere content generator — related
- Increased perceptual fidelity fails to reliably improve serious game learning outcomes (the fidelity fallacy) — related
- Immersive media environments enable higher visual and behavioral realism of pedagogical agents than non-immersive formats — related
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Students reported challenges with generated-model scale fidelity, shared attention in multi-user XR, motion comfort, and control over generation |
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Students reported challenges with generated-model scale fidelity, shared attention in multi-user XR, motion comfort, and control over generation |
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