Space 3D: A Pilot Study for Low-Cost Virtual Reality Space Exploration Learning

我们的目标是通过为Google Cardboard开发一款应用程序，在一个新的、极低成本的虚拟现实系统中展示最近的行星数据。一旦这款应用程序被开发出来，我们的目标是通过身临其境的公共演讲/活动，让人们对行星科学感兴趣，这些演讲/活动可以在英国各地的不同节日，包括一些非科学节上旅行，这样我们就可以接触到最广泛的人。我们还将让学校教师了解这项技术，并组织一个焦点小组，最好地在他们的课堂上使用这款应用程序。我们的目标是通过科学节和有针对性的身临其境的演讲接触到1000多人。除了这个项目，我们的长期目标是确保我们的应用程序在2019年着陆时成为参与ExoMars火星车任务的最令人兴奋的方法之一。我们将利用这项初步研究来开发技术并进行一些形成性评估，以便我们可以针对不同的目标受众提炼事件和活动。

We aim to showcase recent planetary data in a new, and extremely low-cost, virtual reality system, by developing an app for Google Cardboard. Once the app has been developed, we aim to get people interested in planetary science through immersive public talks/activities that can travel to different festivals across the UK, including some non-science festivals, so that we can reach the broadest number of people. We will also engage school teachers with the technology and run a focus group to best practice use of the app in their classroom. We aim to reach over 1000 people through science festivals and targeted immersive talks. Our long-term aim beyond this project is to ensure that our app will be one of the most exciting methods of engaging with the ExoMars rover mission when it touches down in 2019. We will use this pilot study to develop the technology and do some formative evaluation so we can refine the events and activities for our different target audiences.