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In this paper, we develop an integrated system for visualizing the gestures of Parkinson\u2019s disease patients in a virtual reality environment. With this application, clinicians will have information about the unique motor patterns and challenges they must address in each individual patient\u2019s case, while the collected data can travel and be easily and instantly visualized in any location. At the beginning of this research, the current terms of immersive technologies in conjunction with data visualization and Parkinson\u2019s disease are described. Through an extensive systematic literature review, the technological developments in the field of Parkinson\u2019s data visualization are presented. The findings of the review lead to the experimental procedure and implementation of the application. 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