Implementation Of Immersive Virtual Reality Research Articles

Implementation of Immersive Virtual Reality Games and Learning Engagement for Selected Mathematical Concepts among Middle School Students in Ganzhou City, China

This study investigates the impact of immersive virtual reality (VR) on the learning engagement of students in selected mathematical concepts. A pretest-posttest design was employed to assess the cognitive, behavioral, and affective engagement levels of the respondents before and after the implementation of VR. The pretest results indicated moderate levels of engagement across all dimensions, with notable areas for improvement in attentiveness, collaborative skills, and satisfaction with progress. Following the implementation of immersive VR, significant improvements were observed in all engagement dimensions. Cognitive engagement scores increased, highlighting enhanced attention, understanding, and connection-making skills. Behavioral engagement saw improved participation, focus, and diligence in homework completion, although group collaboration remained an area needing further enhancement. Affective engagement improved as well, with students showing increased enjoyment, excitement, and emotional connection to math. The paired t-test analysis confirmed the statistical significance of these improvements, validating the effectiveness of VR in enhancing overall student engagement in mathematical learning. The study concludes that immersive VR is a powerful educational tool that can transform learning experiences, making them more interactive, engaging, and effective. Recommendations include continuing the use of VR to maintain high engagement levels, improving collaborative activities, and expanding VR integration to other subjects.

A design review session protocol for the implementation of immersive virtual reality in usability-focused analysis

Research and applications related to Virtual Reality (VR) in the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Facility Management (AEC/FM) industry are steadily increasing, being considered as one of the current trends in digital innovation. A convergence is currently on-going between Building Information Modelling (BIM), VR implementation and the soft landings principles, which highlight the need for a smooth transition from design to operation through the early involvement of clients and end-users. In particular, immersive virtual environments could allow stakeholders to experience the full-scale representation of a virtual facility prototype in an intuitive and engaging manner through immersion and sense of presence, promoting feedback collection during usability-focused design review meetings. On the other hand, despite the renewed interest in immersive VR, both technological and procedural challenges to its effective implementation still exist. The latter are within the scope of this study, which aims to address them in a systematic way as a comprehensive guideline for clients and design teams. This study describes the development of a VR-aided usability-focused design review session protocol for implementing immersive VR when clients and end-users are involved in design review meetings. It is the result of an inductive approach associated with qualitative research methods for data collection and data analysis. A case study has been selected as a main research method for facing the first step into the research problem. A further iteration of data collection and analysis was adopted to guarantee the validity of the research, including talks with experts and literature comparison. Finally, the session protocol has been developed in the form of a process map representing all the necessary phases and activities to consider for the effective adoption of immersive VR to evaluate design intents with clients and end-users. As a comprehensive summary, the session protocol fills a gap in the research on the adoption of virtual reality in the AEC industry, which was lacking a prescriptive and structured process to drive the effective use of this technology in collaborative meetings and decision-making processes.

Touching proteins with virtual bare hands

The ability to precisely visualize the atomic geometry of the interactions between a drug and its protein target in structural models is critical in predicting the correct modifications in previously identified inhibitors to create more effective next generation drugs. It is currently common practice among medicinal chemists while attempting the above to access the information contained in three-dimensional structures by using two-dimensional projections, which can preclude disclosure of useful features. A more accessible and intuitive visualization of the three-dimensional configuration of the atomic geometry in the models can be achieved through the implementation of immersive virtual reality (VR). While bespoke commercial VR suites are available, in this work, we present a freely available software pipeline for visualising protein structures through VR. New consumer hardware, such as the HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift utilized in this study, are available at reasonable prices. As an instructive example, we have combined VR visualization with fast algorithms for simulating intramolecular motions of protein flexibility, in an effort to further improve structure-led drug design by exposing molecular interactions that might be hidden in the less informative static models. This is a paradigmatic test case scenario for many similar applications in computer-aided molecular studies and design.

Integración de la realidad virtual inmersiva en los Grados de Comunicación

El Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior fomenta integrar las nuevas tecnologías en las metodologías docentes y mejorar la adquisición de competencias, cuestiones demandadas por los alumnos de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, todos hoy con un perfil de nativo digital o “millennial”. El artículo realiza un estudio sobre la implantación de la realidad virtual inmersiva en la parte práctica de las asignaturas de comunicación empresarial, específicamente en Comunicación de Crisis. La metodología se ha basado en encuestas y “focus group” a alumnos y profesores. Las conclusiones permiten afirmar que la realidad virtual inmersiva mejora las expectativas y el interés de los estudiantes y supone un incremento en las competencias adquiridas, permitiendo mejorar los niveles de empleabilidad, una de sus principales causas de insatisfacción. El uso consolidado de la telefonía móvil aconseja la elección de equipos de realidad virtual para estos dispositivos en vez de “cuevas” (C.A.V.E.) o equipos para videoconsolas.