Project Number
- 208
Title
- Virtual Explorer
Description
- Interactive virtual environments for immersive science learning experiences.
Contact
- Kevin Dean
Affiliation
- University of California, San Diego
Address
- Senses Bureau
- 9500 Gilman Drie, 0339
- La Jolla, California 92093
- 9500 Gilman Drie, 0339
- kld@chem.ucsd.edu
WWW
- http://www-wilson.ucsd.edu/ve
Year
- 1997
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "The Virtual Explorer project seeks to create highly interactive virtual environments for stimulating, immersive science learning experiences that are not possible with textbook-based approaches. The current system provides a realistic and content-rich environment for teaching basic immunology."
- "Students navigate through the bloodstream, the lymph system, and infected tissue of a patient, performing the assigned tasks and functions of the immune system from various first-person points of view, and enhancing their integrated understanding of its complex processes."
Sight
- graphics workstation, projection displays
Sound
- amplified sound
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 3 - Functional, Reproducable, Adoption
Intent
- 3 - Application (expression, enabler)
Primary
- 306 - education
Secondary
- 201 - virtual environment
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
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