I gave this presentation to an esteemed audience at the National Academies workshop, "Challenges and Opportunities for Game-based Learning." This presentation was based on an earlier work that I did for the NASA Education, "Robonaut, Moon, Mars & Beyond." I led the NASA Game Research effort for the Classroom of the Future Program so that the Agency could apply advanced video game and simulation technologies to the design of next generation science and engineering education. Published “Fostering a Culture of Exploration Using Advanced Video Game Technologies."

1. The Space Exploration Game Based on Real Science

2. Overview
Space Exploration Game
Platform
Fully Interactive Universe
Mini Game Model
First Person Exploration
NASA Game Demo
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3. Space Exploration Game Platform
A Science & Engineering
Game
Inspire the next generation of explorers,
scientists and engineers (girls & boys)
Integrated platform offers a Career
Exploration Engine, Digital Science Labs,
and Digital Centennial Challenges
Research & development partnership
between government, industry and
academia
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4. Fully Interactive Universe
Underlying Magic
Human & robotic exploration missions using
accurate models of environments, robots,
vehicles, tools, and human physiology
Real physics-based environment
Artificial intelligence provides team-based AI
as well as dynamic game object interaction
International multi-player experience
supported by a central database for multi-
platform gaming and game statistics
tracking system
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5. Mini Game Model
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6. First Person Exploration
A New Genre of
Game Play
Humans vs. Nature
Humans vs. Technology
Team efficiency and
comparative team
performance
New Heads Up Display
based on DOD Future Force
Warrior
New tools for rendering
scientific phenomena
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7. Visualizing Scientific Phenomena
The Heads Up
Display
Play a Astronomy Mini
Game in the NASA JPL
“Virtual” Field Center
Acquire the scientific
“insight” to see the asteroid
and manipulate the model
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8. Visualizing Scientific Phenomena
The Heads Up
Display
Play a Planetary Geology
Mini Game in the NASA
Goddard “Virtual” Field
Center
Rescue stranded team
members in our solar
system’s largest canyon
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9. Visualizing Engineered Solutions
The Heads Up
Display
Play an Electrical
Engineering Mini Game in
the NASA Langley “Virtual”
Field Center.
Use the wiring diagram to
find the electrical problem
and get the Crew
Exploration Vehicle to
launch
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10. Visualizing Biomedical Information
The Heads Up
Display
Play a series of Human
Physiology Mini Games in
the NASA Ames Research
“Virtual” Field Center
Treat a team member for
radiation poisoning
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