Development and evaluation of 3D virtual tours as a cognitive basis of Chemistry laboratories at UTSV

Abstract

The objective of this article is to develop virtual tours in three dimensions (3D) of the Chemistry laboratories of the Technological University of the Southeast of Veracruz (UTSV). For its progress, it was carried out: analysis, selection, training, design, development and integration of software and hardware tools. The same ones that were necessary for the development of virtual reality on 3D modeling of the General Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis and Chemical Plants laboratories, achieving a product that would allow university students to be approached virtually, and thus be able to know the spaces and devices located in each laboratory, where it presents the description of the operation of each of the equipment, by means of multimedia effects accompanied by an avatar within the virtual tour. Finally, the final result was evaluated with a group of students with the support of the Chemistry teachers and knowledgeable about the laboratory spaces, where the degree of acceptance and perception was obtained as a consequence through a survey carried out.