Distance education using a desktop virtual reality (VR) system

Valdez, M. Travassos; Ferreira, C. Machado; Barbosa, F. P. Maciel

doi:10.1109/eaeeie.2013.6576518

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“…Although the sense of immersion in this type of system is low, it is cost-effective when compared to immersive VR, as it does not require any expensive hardware and is relatively easy to develop. Desktop VR is also more easily learned by users who are not familiar with immersive VR [3], [23], [24]. The use of the VTI System offers the advantages that with more VTIs produced in less time, subsequent changes can be made without recoding, and any experts and teachers familiar with the procedures can produce a VTI.…”

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Consolidating Learning in Power Systems: Virtual Reality Applied to the Study of the Operation of Electric Power Transformers

2015

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Within the field of electric power systems, the study of electrical equipment can be frustrating and demotivating because of the lack of a clear vision of how this equipment functions and operates in a real environment. The use of virtual reality can provide a more concrete representation for students, who rarely have the opportunity to visit a power substation or generating plant to acquire an understanding of how the equipment operates when integrated into an actual system. This paper describes work undertaken to improve the classroom study of such equipment , and to motivate students, by providing a clear overview of the equipment, approximating theory and practical functions, and simulating real situations that would be encountered on the equipment in an actual system. A virtual reality authoring tool was developed to provide students with a visualization of an autotransformer installed in an electric power substation, and to allow them to perform virtual maintenance and operating procedures on it. The influence of the software on students' levels of motivation and their performance was evaluated using questionnaires and reports. Finally, a framework is proposed that can help others create virtual reality trainings.

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Consolidating Learning in Power Systems: Virtual Reality Applied to the Study of the Operation of Electric Power Transformers

2015

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“…It develops rapidly with the continuing improvements of high-performance graphical processing unit and the display technology, allowing the creation of increasingly convincing virtual environments [4]. So far there have been extensive applications of virtual reality in the areas such as remote operation [5], task assistance [6], manufacturing planning [7], preservation of culture [8] and the enabling technology has reached a sufficient level of maturity for it to be seriously applied to education [9], training [10], and research in higher education [11].…”

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Design of a Simulated Michelson Interferometer for Education Based on Virtual Reality

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2015

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. The physical experiment based on science inquiry learning shows its advantages compared with traditional class demonstration. However, the participation in physical experiments is often stylized and there are still many limitations when promoting the laboratory learning. This paper presents the construction of a Virtual Optics Laboratory which is applied to the experiment of the Michelson interferometer. On the current platform, the phenomena of interference and background theories are visualized for the purpose of efficiently promoting conceptual understanding. Factors of the experimental environment such as wavelengths, properties of optical elements and perspectives can be altered with interactive tools, enabling students to set up the system, observe the phenomena of interference as well as measure wavelengths and small displacements. The simulated laboratories can be of great assistance in the development of inquiry skills to enhance school education.

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“…The competitiveness and the globalization of the automotive market has created a conflict between the needs of manufacturers to speed the diffusion of training contents to trainees, and those of operators to interact with a product to effectively learn procedures (Ottosson 2002;Valdez et al 2013). Research underlines that the most reliable way to balance the needs of manufacturers and operators is the development of VBT applications to support virtual learning-by-doing activities performed by operators at their service centres (Mantovani 2003;Mantovani et al 2003;Mikropoulos et al 1997).…”

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“…In specialist training people's performances were tested through several standardized indexes to check the level of proficiency reached by trainees. Conversely, in industrial fields effectiveness were mainly assessed only by measuring the number of errors, and the time spent by operators to perform the procedure (Tang et al 2003;Webel et al 2013;Yuviler-Gavish et al 2013;Yuviler-Gavish et al 2011a). Moreover, researchers rarely measured the proficiency reached by trainees after the training consistently (Ahlberg et al 2007).…”

Section: Current Practices Of Car Service Operators' Training: Experimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…v) The portability of training devices is a key, but unexplored, topic in virtual training for car service operators. Some researchers have tested augmented reality solutions, intended as extremely portable support by which operators, during a service, could receive instructions and enhanced information to perform better the operations on real cars (Anastassova and Burkhardt 2009;Tang et al 2003). In line with that, augmented reality tools are a valuable solution to enhance the performance of operators but these applications are not developed to deliver virtual training programmes.…”

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Effectiveness of a multidevice 3D virtual environment application to train car service maintenance procedures

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This paper reports a study which demonstrates the advantages of using virtual-reality based systems for training automotive assembly tasks. Sixty participants were randomly assigned to one of the following three training experience to learn a car service procedure: i) observational training through video instruction; ii) an experiential virtual training and trial in a CAVE; and iii) an experiential virtual training and trial through a portable 3D interactive table. Results show that virtual trained participants, after the training, can remember significantly better (p <.05) the correct execution of the steps compared to video-trained trainees. No significant differences were identified between the experiential groups neither in terms of post-training performances nor in terms of proficiency, despite differences in the interaction devices. The relevance of the outcomes for the automotive fields and for the designers of virtual training applications are discussed in light of the outcomes, particularly that virtual training experienced through a portable device such as the interactive table can be effective, as can training performed in a CAVE. This suggests the possibility for automotive industries to invest in advanced portable hardware to deliver effectively long-distance programmes of training for car service operators placed all over the world.

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Distance education using a desktop virtual reality (VR) system

Abstract: The constant changes occurring in today's teaching and learning processes provide a continuous improvement in the interaction of information. At the same time, globalization and the need for streamlining time facilitate the development of new methods of imparting knowledge.

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

Consolidating Learning in Power Systems: Virtual Reality Applied to the Study of the Operation of Electric Power Transformers

Consolidating Learning in Power Systems: Virtual Reality Applied to the Study of the Operation of Electric Power Transformers

Design of a Simulated Michelson Interferometer for Education Based on Virtual Reality

Effectiveness of a multidevice 3D virtual environment application to train car service maintenance procedures

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