The use of immersive virtual reality for teaching fieldwork skills in complex structural terrains

• Published in: Journal of Structural Geology
• Main Authors: Harknett, Jamie, Whitworth, Malcom, Rust, Derek, Krokos, Mel, Kearl, Martin, Tibaldi, Alessandro, Bonali, Fabio Luca, van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin, Antoniou, Varvara, Nomikou, Paraskevi, Reitano, Danilo, Falsaperla, Susanna, Vitello, Fabio, Becciani, Ugo
• Other Authors: School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, School of Creative Technologies, University of Portsmouth, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan Bicocca, Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, Observatoire du Physique du Globed e Clermont, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione OE, Catania, Italia, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: Virtual reality; Geosciences; Teaching; Fieldwork; Structural geology; Digital outcrop model; 05.04. Instrumentation and techniques of general interest; 04.04. Geology; 05.03. Educational; History of Science; Public Issues; Husavik; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/15718; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191814122001730; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104681

Innovations in virtual reality (VR) technology have led to exciting possibilities in teaching earth sciences, allowing students to experience complex geological sites that, due to cost and logistical reasons, they would not normally be able to experience. The need for high quality online digital lea...