Creating Informal Learning and First Responder Training XR Experiences with the ImmersiveDeck

Schönauer, Christian; Ρούσσου, Μαρία; Rüggeberg, Julien; Rüggeberg, Jim; Katsikaris, Lucas; Rogkas, Sakis; Christopoulos, Dimitris

doi:10.1109/vrw58643.2023.00016

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“…Virtual environments, e.g., for firefighter training (Schönauer et al, 2023), are particularly interesting from an educational perspective: they provide both priceworthy and low-risk life-like experiences and allow learning with comprehensive perception (Zhong and Zheng, 2022). This also applies to language learning (Chen et al, 2022), as well as educational levels such as elementary (Zonaphan et al, 2022) and higher education (Curran et al, 2022;Zwoliński et al, 2022), and lifelong learning (Ferreira and Qureshi, 2020).…”

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Young skeptics: exploring the perceptions of virtual worlds and the metaverse in generations Y and Z

Korn,

Zallio,

Schnitzer

2024

Front. Virtual Real.

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The Metaverse, a transformation of the internet by XR-technologies progressively blending the digital and physical world, is already changing our social structures. The success of VR-headsets like Quest has made both virtual worlds and the “metaverse” ubiquitous. This technological evolution yields the potential to fundamentally change the way we communicate, live, and work together. At the same time, the perceptions of how these worlds affect our lives differ considerably. To that end, this study investigates the perceptions of 115 younger people from the generations Y and Z, the potential “power users” of virtual worlds. In addition, it investigates differences in perception between non-academics and academics. We looked at perceived knowledge, preferred usage scenarios, interaction with avatars and embodiment, perceived problems and challenges, personal worries, solutions for safeguarding, and institutions to drive safeguarding. While generation Y and Z are often aligned, it is a major finding that in the cases they differ, the younger generation Z is more skeptical. Likewise, non-academics are more skeptical than academics. Finally, we found differences in perception related to gender and provide possible explanations and recommended actions.

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