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Despite its potential, limited research has explored the integration of contextual information and emotions in VR to deliver effective product recommendations. This paper presents CORES (context-aware emotion-driven recommendation system), a novel approach designed to enrich users\u2019 experiences and to support decision making in VR. CORES combines advanced large language models (LLMs) and embedding-based context-aware recommendation strategies to provide customized products. Therefore, emotions are collected from social platforms, and relevant contextual information is matched to enable effective recommendation. Additionally, CORES leverages transformers and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) capabilities to explain recommended items, facilitate VR visualization, and generate insights using various prompt templates. CORES is applied to a VR shop of different items. An empirical study validates the efficiency and accuracy of this approach, achieving a significant average accuracy of 97% and an acceptable response time of 0.3267s in dynamic shopping scenarios.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/fi17020094","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,18]],"date-time":"2025-02-18T08:36:19Z","timestamp":1739867779000},"page":"94","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["CORES: Context-Aware Emotion-Driven Recommendation System-Based LLM to Improve Virtual Shopping Experiences"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-5177-5306","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abderrahim","family":"Lakehal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"LRSD Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, Computer Science Department, University Ferhat Abbas S\u00e9tif-1, S\u00e9tif P.O. 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