I-Corps: Virtual Reality Biofeedback Education Technologies

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是为如何在虚拟现实(VR)中以一致的影响提供教育内容提供一种新的手段，而不受人口统计和环境的影响。这项技术提供了更高水平的个性化学习，由于在高度受控的虚拟环境中授课，无需教师进行专业发展即可进行管理。消除这种对额外培训的依赖，有助于在资源有限的学校采用。通过虚拟现实提高学习和记忆材料的效率，使其成为教师和学校管理人员感兴趣的技术。这项技术可用于一系列教育科目，并凭借身临其境的个性化学习体验，为教育工作者提供高质量的学习解决方案。这个i-Corps项目使用生物反馈来实现虚拟现实(VR)中的个性化学习。这项技术根据用户的生理反应来操纵他们的环境。这可以包括周围的物理对象、光源或风景。听觉操作是一种更间接的改变，其中一节课的音频路径基于用户的情感反应，例如当某人分心或激动时。这种情绪反应是基于随着时间的推移跟踪大量的生理输入。识别过程基于现有研究，使用相同的生理指标对用户的情绪状态进行分类，并通过该项目改进了这种适应水平，使用户能够在使用该技术时实现更高程度的VR程序定制和更有意义的学习体验。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to provide a new means for how educational content is delivered in virtual reality (VR) with consistent impact, independent of demographics and environment. This technology offers a higher level of personalized learning that can be administered without requiring accompanying professional development for teachers due to the delivery of lessons in a highly controlled virtual environment. Removing this dependence on additional training facilitates the adoption across schools with limited resources. The increased efficacy in learning and retention of material through VR has made it a technology of interest for teachers and school administrators. This technology can be used across a range of educational subjects, and with the immersive personalized learning experience, offers a high-quality learning solution for educators.This I-Corps project uses biofeedback to personalize learning in virtual reality (VR). The technology manipulates a user's environment based on their physiological reactions. This can include the surrounding physical objects, light source, or landscape. The auditory manipulation is a more indirect change where the audio path of a lesson is based on the emotional reaction of a user, such as when someone is distracted or agitated. This emotional reaction is based on tracking numerous physiological inputs over time. The identification process is based on existing research using the same physiological measures to classify users' emotional states and improved through this project This level of adaptation enables a higher degree of VR program customization and more a meaningful learning experience while using the technology.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.