How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education
Immersive virtual reality can potentially open up interesting geological sites to students, academics and others who may not have had the opportunity to visit such sites previously. We study how users perceive the usefulness of an immersive virtual reality approach applied to Earth Sciences teaching...
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ftnkunivathens:oai:lib.uoa.gr:uoadl:3033821 2024-04-14T08:13:45+00:00 How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education Bonali, Fabio L. Russo, Elena Vitello, Fabio Antoniou, Varvara Marchese, Fabio Fallati, Luca Bracchi, Valentina and Corti, Noemi Savini, Alessandra Whitworth, Malcolm Drymoni, Kyriaki Mariotto, Federico Pasquare Nomikou, Paraskevi and Sciacca, Eva Bressan, Sofia Falsaperla, Susanna Reitano, Danilo van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin Krokos, Mel Panieri, Giuliana Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Vizzari, Giuseppe and Becciani, Ugo Tibaldi, Alessandro 2022-01-01 https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/object/uoadl:3033821 Αγγλικά English unknown eng uoadl:3033821 https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/object/uoadl:3033821 scientific_publication_article Επιστημονική δημοσίευση - Άρθρο Περιοδικού Scientific publication - Journal Article 2022 ftnkunivathens 2024-03-19T08:54:28Z Immersive virtual reality can potentially open up interesting geological sites to students, academics and others who may not have had the opportunity to visit such sites previously. We study how users perceive the usefulness of an immersive virtual reality approach applied to Earth Sciences teaching and communication. During nine immersive virtual reality-based events held in 2018 and 2019 in various locations (Vienna in Austria, Milan and Catania in Italy, Santorini in Greece), a large number of visitors had the opportunity to navigate, in immersive mode, across geological landscapes reconstructed by cutting-edge, unmanned aerial system-based photogrammetry techniques. The reconstructed virtual geological environments are specifically chosen virtual geosites, from Santorini (Greece), the North Volcanic Zone (Iceland), and Mt. Etna (Italy). Following the user experiences, we collected 459 questionnaires, with a large spread in participant age and cultural background. We find that the majority of respondents would be willing to repeat the immersive virtual reality experience, and importantly, most of the students and Earth Science academics who took part in the navigation confirmed the usefulness of this approach for geo-education purposes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Pergamos - Library and Information Center of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Etna ENVELOPE(-19.191,-19.191,63.706,63.706) |
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Immersive virtual reality can potentially open up interesting geological sites to students, academics and others who may not have had the opportunity to visit such sites previously. We study how users perceive the usefulness of an immersive virtual reality approach applied to Earth Sciences teaching and communication. During nine immersive virtual reality-based events held in 2018 and 2019 in various locations (Vienna in Austria, Milan and Catania in Italy, Santorini in Greece), a large number of visitors had the opportunity to navigate, in immersive mode, across geological landscapes reconstructed by cutting-edge, unmanned aerial system-based photogrammetry techniques. The reconstructed virtual geological environments are specifically chosen virtual geosites, from Santorini (Greece), the North Volcanic Zone (Iceland), and Mt. Etna (Italy). Following the user experiences, we collected 459 questionnaires, with a large spread in participant age and cultural background. We find that the majority of respondents would be willing to repeat the immersive virtual reality experience, and importantly, most of the students and Earth Science academics who took part in the navigation confirmed the usefulness of this approach for geo-education purposes. |
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Bonali, Fabio L. Russo, Elena Vitello, Fabio Antoniou, Varvara Marchese, Fabio Fallati, Luca Bracchi, Valentina and Corti, Noemi Savini, Alessandra Whitworth, Malcolm Drymoni, Kyriaki Mariotto, Federico Pasquare Nomikou, Paraskevi and Sciacca, Eva Bressan, Sofia Falsaperla, Susanna Reitano, Danilo van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin Krokos, Mel Panieri, Giuliana Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Vizzari, Giuseppe and Becciani, Ugo Tibaldi, Alessandro |
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Bonali, Fabio L. Russo, Elena Vitello, Fabio Antoniou, Varvara Marchese, Fabio Fallati, Luca Bracchi, Valentina and Corti, Noemi Savini, Alessandra Whitworth, Malcolm Drymoni, Kyriaki Mariotto, Federico Pasquare Nomikou, Paraskevi and Sciacca, Eva Bressan, Sofia Falsaperla, Susanna Reitano, Danilo van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin Krokos, Mel Panieri, Giuliana Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Vizzari, Giuseppe and Becciani, Ugo Tibaldi, Alessandro How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education |
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Bonali, Fabio L. Russo, Elena Vitello, Fabio Antoniou, Varvara Marchese, Fabio Fallati, Luca Bracchi, Valentina and Corti, Noemi Savini, Alessandra Whitworth, Malcolm Drymoni, Kyriaki Mariotto, Federico Pasquare Nomikou, Paraskevi and Sciacca, Eva Bressan, Sofia Falsaperla, Susanna Reitano, Danilo van Wyk de Vries, Benjamin Krokos, Mel Panieri, Giuliana Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander Vizzari, Giuseppe and Becciani, Ugo Tibaldi, Alessandro |
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How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education |
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How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education |
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How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education |
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How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education |
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How Academics and the Public Experienced Immersive Virtual Reality for Geo-Education |
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how academics and the public experienced immersive virtual reality for geo-education |
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