Virtual Reality and Distance Education

Virtual Reality Applied in Distance Education

Using Simulation and Virtual Reality for Distance Education

This paper describes the construction of virtual reality simulations for distance education trough Internet. This is accomplished by means of an object oriented continuous simulation language, called OOCSMP, and a Java generating compiler for this language called C-OOL. This compiler is also able to create VRML worlds. The behaviour of the VRML world is specified in the OOCSMP models. Change of...

Virtual Reality and Education

Virtual Reality (VR), a new computer technology, has incredible potential in the education field. The reason for this assertion is that education is a field that requires the students to understand complex data, particularly in the study of science (see "Why is science hard to learn?" by Millar) and VR makes that task easier. VR presents information in a 3-dimensional form with the participant ...

Virtual Reality and Education

Introduction Background One of the challenges in working with instructional media is that developers and educators are confronted with a rapidly moving target in terms of information technology's capabilities. The business and entertainment sectors are driving a fast-paced evolution of the devices people have in their workplaces and homes. Researchers and educators are scrambling to assess the ...

A Virtual Reality Laboratory for Distance Education in Chemistry

Simulations play a major role in education not only because they provide realistic models with which students can interact to acquire real world experiences, but also because they constitute safe environments in which students can repeat processes without any risk in order to perceive easier concepts and theories. Virtual reality is widely recognized as a significant technological advance that ...