Improving Perception and Understanding of Nanoscale Phenomena Using Haptics and Visual Analogy
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This paper introduces a new pedagogical tool using haptic feedback and visual analogy, to improve perception and learning of nanoscale phenomena, for people without prior knowledge of nanophysics. This tool is a haptic and virtual-reality simulator of a foremost onedimensional nanophysical phenomenon: the approach-retract cycle of an Atomic Force Microcope (AFM) probe, with a force-feedback device and two graphic representations. One representation is a virtual AFM cantilever and the other one is a virtual magnet-spring system, whose haptic behavior is analog. Preliminary results from an experiment conducted with 45 students seem to show a better efficiency with the combination of both haptic feedback and visual analogy.
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