Virtual Touch Book: A Mixed-Reality Book for Inclusive Education

Mateu, Juan; Bello, María José; Alamán, Xavier

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13102-3_22

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“…There is a significant increase in the use of technology in almost every field so it is required to switch the number of aesthetically potential applications to haptics. The use of haptics is witnessed in communication, online stores, medical and gaming [35]. Throughout the study it has seen that impact of the haptics in different areas where the human interaction is almost impossible or hard to tackle the situation, the sense of touch is welcoming to play its role in those situations, for instance, robotic distance surgery, prosthetic organs) that touch has ability to replace the visual or auditory senses cues and touch can augment the virtual interactions.…”

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A Review of Virtual Touch Interaction Systems

2019

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Virtual touch has opened a new dimension in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Enabled with the motion and gesture detection techniques, it allows manual interaction with virtual environments. Virtual environments are built for performing tasks which are typically achieved using hands in the real world, such as handling objects. An analysis on wearables, graspable and touchable haptic devices used in multiple fields is discussed in this study. This paper reviews the design aspect as well as the usage of the haptic devices along with trendy practices that involved in generating satisfactory touch sensations.

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A Review of Virtual Touch Interaction Systems

2019

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“…On the other hand, Mateu et al [20] presents a toolkit to develop mixed reality environments with tangible objects and virtual worlds. Three projects are described: (i) Cubic; that allows the teaching of classification algorithms [21], (ii) Touch Eye: that allows the learning of the Catalan language [22], and (iii) Touch Book: that allows the student to carry out activities according to the knowledge acquired [23].…”

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Living in Virtual and Real Worlds: A Didactic Experience

Lasala¹,

Jara

Alamán

2019

13th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient ‪Intelligence UCAmI 2019‬

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During the last decade some technologies have achieved the necessary maturity to allow the widespread emergence of Virtual Worlds; many people are living an alternative life in them. One objective of this paper is to argue that the blending of real and virtual worlds has been happening for centuries, and in fact is the mark of “civilization”. This project presents a proposal to improve student motivation in the classroom, through a new form of recreation of a mixed reality environment. To this end, two applications have been created that work together between the real environment and the virtual environment: these applications are called “Virtual Craft” and “Virtual Touch”. Virtual Craft is related with the real world and Virtual Touch is related with the virtual world. These applications are in constant communication with each other, since both students and teachers carry out actions that influence the real or virtual world. A gamification mechanics was used in the recreated environment, in order to motivate the students to carry out the activities assigned by the teacher. For the evaluation of the proposal, a pilot experiment with Virtual Craft was carried out in a Secondary Educational Center in Valls (Spain).

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“…In general, it was found that using the Virtual Touch Book helped to hold the attention of students. More details on this educational application and its results can be found in [ 52 ].…”

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Developing Mixed Reality Educational Applications: The Virtual Touch Toolkit

Mateu

Lasala²,

Alamán

2015

Sensors

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In this paper, we present Virtual Touch, a toolkit that allows the development of educational activities through a mixed reality environment such that, using various tangible elements, the interconnection of a virtual world with the real world is enabled. The main goal of Virtual Touch is to facilitate the installation, configuration and programming of different types of technologies, abstracting the creator of educational applications from the technical details involving the use of tangible interfaces and virtual worlds. Therefore, it is specially designed to enable teachers to themselves create educational activities for their students in a simple way, taking into account that teachers generally lack advanced knowledge in computer programming and electronics. The toolkit has been used to develop various educational applications that have been tested in two secondary education high schools in Spain.

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Virtual Touch Book: A Mixed-Reality Book for Inclusive Education

Cited by 7 publications

References 4 publications

A Review of Virtual Touch Interaction Systems

A Review of Virtual Touch Interaction Systems

Living in Virtual and Real Worlds: A Didactic Experience

Developing Mixed Reality Educational Applications: The Virtual Touch Toolkit

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