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Geohazards VR: Amalgamating Virtual Reality towards Geological Risk Assessment Teaching

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Virtual reality (VR) technology offers a promising solution by providing an immersive and interactive learning experience. This research is developing a VR environment specifically to teach geological risk in the public schools, where traditional teaching methods often struggle to convey the complex concepts of risk assessment. The use of VR and gamification seems promising in order to engage students and promote knowledge retention, so Geohazards VR aims to teach about geological risk in a total immersive VR gamified environment. The game have several quests and missions where the student will gradually understand, acknowledge, evaluate and recognise geological risk phenomena with a given opportunity to mitigate it.

DOI: 10.5753/sbie.2024.244926

Authors: Silvio Leite, Laura Coura, Saul Delabrida

Institution: Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Language: English

Topic: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts

Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Funders: Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Awards: G1426168670, G29316538, G321761023