Guest lecture UU - Virtual Reality & Education
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This document discusses the potential of virtual reality (VR) for education. It provides background on the history of VR technologies like Sensorama, LEEP Cyberface, Nintendo Virtual Boy, Oculus Rift, and Google Cardboard. The document outlines Robin de Lange's research focusing on how VR can be used to explain complex problems and the opportunities and obstacles of VR in education. It describes a course where students explored VR's potential for science and education by creating VR prototypes. Examples are given of VR applications for various fields of study and the content creation process using tools like Unity3D, video, and VR applications.
Guest lecture UU - Virtual Reality & Education
- 1. EDUCATION & ICT – UTRECHT UNIVERSITY 12 JAN 2016 Virtual Reality & Education
- 2. Robin de Lange - CV Bachelor Physics Philosophy Artificial Intelligence MSc. MediaTechnology Focus: Extended cognition & Augmented Reality EDUCATION WORK Owner tutoring company Video production MOOC & SPOC WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 4. Graduation project • Augmented Reality prototype • Raise discussion • PhD proposal https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20732302/Demo %20ARMath.wmv WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 5. Robin de Lange - CV Bachelor Physics Philosophy Artificial Intelligence MSc. MediaTechnology Focus: Extended cognition & Augmented Reality EDUCATION WORK Owner tutoring company Video production MOOC & SPOC PhD student @ MediaTechnology Initiator Lyceo CodeLab WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 6. March 2013: Oculus Rift WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 7. Hack the Brain: Project Brainstorm • Live EEG data visualization for Oculus Rift • Together with Eva Delincakova & Bert Spaan @ Hack the Brain hackathon WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 8. Focus of research • In what ways can we useVR to explain complex problems? • What are the obstacles and opportunities of VR in the field of education? WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 9. A Brief History ofVR Virtual Reality is not new WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 10. A Brief History ofVR Sensorama • 1955 by Morton Heilig • ExperienceTheater • Multi-sensory • No financial support WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 11. A Brief History ofVR LEEP Cyberface • 1989 • By Eric Howlett • First commercial HMD • Very wide angle stereoscopic optics WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 12. A Brief History ofVR NintendoVirtual Boy • 1995 • Monochromatic display • No head-tracking, fixed position • Commercial failure • FromVR hype to disappointment WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 13. A Brief History ofVR https://youtu.be/tdAaU0CRHng?t=1m51s WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 14. A Brief History ofVR Oculus Rift • 2012: Kickstarter campaign • Much wider FOV • Low latency tracking • Aimed at consumer market • Benefits from developments in computer hardware • Acquired by Facebook in 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhcOMOWRMnA WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 15. A Brief History ofVR Google Cardboard • Gift at 2014 Google I/O • Open source design • Starting from $2 • Start of mobileVR • Magnet as input button WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 17. State of the art • VR Ecosystem emerged • By 2018 > $5bln. market • Dozens of headsets • All sorts of input devices • Content developers • 360 / spherical video cameras • Video stitching software • Blogs, consultants, business analysts, etc http://greenlightvr.com/vr-ecosystem-map WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 18. Virtual Reality for Science & Education • Exploring the potential of VR for science & education; • Elective research course for 25 bachelor and master students • Received LUF – Gratama grant for this project • Obtaining skills to create interactiveVR content using e.g. Unity3D and 360˚ film technology; • Creating aVR prototype as final project WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 19. Results Possible applications for many fields of study • Visualization of buildings or 3D designs • Simulation of dangerous situations for police of army • Immersive data visualizations • Reconstructions of archaeological sites • Experience the world from someone else’s eyes • Immersive language learning • History lectures set on important places • Social environments for following a MOOC WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 20. VR content creation UNITY3D Combination of 3D designing and coding environment WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 21. VR content creation PHOTO /VIDEO RicohTheta or GoPro- based setup Workflow similar to regular video WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 22. VR content creation OTHER WebVR vvvv ExistingVR applications where users create content WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 23. Student projects WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 24. Student projects WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM
- 25. Demo & Discussion WWW. ROBINDELANGE .COM