Virtual reality in engineering education: The future of creative learning
Virtual reality in engineering education: The future of creative learning
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工程教育中的虚拟现实：创造性学习的未来
DOI：
10.3991/ijet.v6i4.1766
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2011
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M. Williams
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作者：
A. Abulrub;A. Attridge;M. Williams
虚拟现实已经达到了足够的发展水平，可以在高等教育的教育，培训和研究等创新应用中加以考虑。虚拟现实为教育行业带来了机遇和挑战。虚拟现实技术的挑战之一是相关的成本，这是教育机构无法负担的。然而，近年来，计算机硬件和软件的发展使得将虚拟现实技术纳入未来的教学策略变得更加可行。尽管存在成本挑战，但实施虚拟现实的教育效益仍然引人注目。本文解释了虚拟现实原理，并描述了沃里克大学WMG开发的交互式教育环境。它还讨论了使用最先进的三维逼真的交互式和沉浸式虚拟环境的工程本科生和研究生的教学，学习和培训的好处。
Virtual reality has achieved an adequate level of development for it to be considered in innovative applications such as education, training, and research in higher education. Virtual reality offers both opportunities and challenges for the educational sector. One of the challenges of virtual reality technology is the costs associated which have been unaffordable for educational institutes. However, in recent years, computer hardware and software development has made it more feasible to incorporate virtual reality technology into future teaching strategies. Despite the cost challenges, educational benefits of implementing virtual reality remain compelling. This paper explains virtual reality principle and describes the interactive educational environment developed at WMG, the University of Warwick. It also discusses the benefits of using state-of-the-art 3D photorealistic interactive and immersive virtual environment for engineering undergraduates and postgraduate teaching, learning and training.