A 3D virtual environment for training teachers to identify bullying
A 3D virtual environment for training teachers to identify bullying
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用于培训教师识别欺凌行为的 3D 虚拟环境
DOI：
10.1109/melcon.2016.7495417
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2016
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A. Lanitis
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作者：
Kalliopi;Antri Ruiz;Elena Manouchou;Kyriakos Georgiou;Francesca Sella;A. Lanitis
涉及校园欺凌的事件对教育工作者来说是一个艰巨的挑战，他们需要识别与“无辜”类型的学生间互动相比具有潜在危险的行为。在本文中，我们调查使用一个专用的虚拟现实应用程序作为培训教育工作者，以确定令人震惊的欺凌活动的手段。虚拟现实环境模拟了一个典型的中学，在那里发生了不同的欺凌相关事件。使用虚拟现实头戴式耳机结合促进用户交互的眼动跟踪技术来可视化虚拟环境。为了制作类似于人类运动的逼真动画，使用最先进的运动跟踪设备来生成逼真的化身运动。根据应用程序的场景，用户目睹不同类型的学生行为，他/她必须决定如何控制和处理这种情况。该原型进行了测试，活跃的教师报告说，模拟中的事件类似于真实的生活经验，并建议该应用程序可以用于教师培训教育提供经验不足的教师反馈如何识别和管理欺凌。
Incidents involving bullying in schools present a difficult challenge for educators who need to identify potentially dangerous behaviors in comparison to `innocent' types of inter-student interactions. In this paper we investigate the use of a dedicated Virtual Reality application as a means of training educators to identify alarming bullying activities. The Virtual Reality environment simulates a typical middle school, where different bullying-related incidents take place. The virtual environment is visualized using a Virtual Reality headset in conjunction with eye tracking techniques that facilitate user interaction. In order to make realistic animations that resemble human motions, state of the art motion tracking equipment was used for generating realistic avatar movements. According to the scenario of the application, the user witness different types of student behavior and he/she has to take decisions on how to control and deal with the situation. The prototype was tested by active teachers who reported that the incidents within the simulation were similar to real life experiences and suggested that the application could be used in teacher training education providing inexperienced teachers feedback on how to recognize and manage bullying.