10k: A platform for immersive science communication

10k：沉浸式科学传播平台

• 批准号: 10742383
• 负责人: Laura Lynn Gonzalez
• 金额: $ 5.5万
• 依托单位: DYNAMOID, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-06-01 至 2023-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10742383
• 关键词: 3-Dimensional; Achievement; Affect; Behavior; Code; Collaborations; Communication; Consumption; Data Set; Development; E-learning; Education; Future; Goals; Learning; Motivation; Multimedia; Outcome; Outcomes Research; Pathway interactions; Performance; Process; Production; Research; Research Personnel; STEM career; Science; Scientist; Software Design; Specialist; Technology; Time; Training; Visualization; Work; academic standard; base; cost effective; data visualization; design; experience; improved; innovation; insight; interest; open source; planetarium; prototype; recruit; science education; skills; software development; usability; virtual education; virtual reality; virtual reality environment; virtual reality headset

PROJECT SUMMARY Recent advances in scientific research and communications technology have brought us to the cusp of a new era in biomedical science research. Now more than ever, there is a need for a diverse set of young, innovative researchers to take full advantage of this opportunity; yet recruiting and training scientists remains a challenge. Technology such as virtual reality (VR) is demonstrated to have a significant effect on learning factors like engagement, motivation, and affect, all of which are associated with scientific achievement and interest in STEM careers. However, quality VR experiences for scientific learning remain time-consuming and expensive to create. Dynamoid has built a prototype platform, 10k, with the goal of allowing anyone with scientific or educational expertise to create immersive, interactive 3D experiences: no software development or design skills necessary. This project seeks to a) demonstrate a viable pathway to a critical mass of such users, b) show how such a mixed user base, including scientists and educational experts motivated by their own communication needs, can quickly produce effective content that others can repurpose for their own work, and c) show how this open-source collaboration will catalyze the development of cost-effective content for presenting science to learners and other non-scientists. The proposed research will first incorporate researchers directly into the immersive experience production process by engaging young scientists in a bootcamp where they will learn to produce VR experiences that visualize their own datasets. The research will then demonstrate how these base visualizations can be adapted by learning design specialists to create educational VR experiences that adhere to national educational standards. Our second aim is to demonstrate that 10k-produced immersive experiences appeal to the target educational audience and positively affect engagement with science and interest in pursuing STEM careers, through a study comparing the educational VR experiences with a traditional 2D, multimedia video. The outcomes of this research include the full public launch of the 10k Viewer on the Oculus Quest and the SteamVR platforms, which will feature the VR experiences produced as part of the work. Also, the 10k platform’s overall usability will be improved for creators, and it will be made freely-available for researchers and educators to produce their own experiences, viewable on the 10k Viewer. Last, the results of the study will add to the growing body of research on VR and learning science, laying the groundwork for future studies that will evaluate 10k on more platforms, including PC/Mac and planetarium domes, and leveraging 10k’s growing analytics capabilities to gain valuable insights into user behavior and performance.

项目摘要 科学研究与通信技术的最新进展使我们进入了新的风口浪尖 生物医学科学研究的时代。现在比以往任何时候都需要一套年轻，创新的潜水 研究人员充分利用了这一机会；然而，招募和培训科学家仍然是一个挑战。 证明虚拟现实（VR）等技术对学习因素有重大影响 参与，动力和影响，所有这些都与科学成就和对 STEM职业。但是，科学学习的质量VR体验仍然耗时且昂贵 创建。 Dyngonoid建立了一个原型平台，即10K，其目的是允许任何具有科学或教育意义的人 创建沉浸式，交互式3D体验的专业知识：无需软件开发或设计技能。 该项目试图a）展示通往此类临界用户的可行途径，b）展示这种方式如何 混合用户群，包括受其沟通需求激励的科学家和教育专家， 可以迅速产生其他人可以为自己的工作复制的有效内容，c）显示如何 开源协作将促进成本效益的内容的开发，以向科学展示 学习者和其他非科学家。 拟议的研究将首先将研究人员直接纳入身临其境的体验 通过在训练营中吸引年轻科学家来生产过程，他们将学会生产VR 可以看到自己数据集的经验。然后，研究将证明这些基础如何 可以通过学习设计专家来调整可视化，以创建粘附的教育VR体验 符合国家教育标准。我们的第二个目的是证明10K生产的沉浸式 体验目标教育受众的外观，并积极影响与科学的参与 以及通过一项研究将教育VR经验与A与A的兴趣 传统的2D，多媒体视频。 这项研究的结果包括Oculus Quest和The Oculus Quest的10K观众的全面公开启动 SteamVr平台将以作品的一部分为特色。另外，10k 平台的总体可用性将用于创建者，并将为研究人员和 教育工作者可以在10K观众中观看自己的经验。最后，研究结果将增加 对于不断增长的VR和学习科学研究的研究，为将来的研究奠定了基础 评估更多平台上的10K，包括PC/Mac和Partarium域名，并利用10K的增长 分析能力，以获得对用户行为和性能的宝贵见解。