This document outlines the key findings from an elective research course exploring the potential of virtual reality (VR) for science and education. Students found that VR shows promise for many fields of study by allowing experiential learning through simulations and visualizations. However, VR is not suitable for every subject and available educational content is still limited. Creating VR content requires expertise combining fields like instructional design, programming, and multimedia production. Further experimentation with educational VR was deemed worthwhile.

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Researchers, teachers, students,VR developers, artists, policy makers, etc.

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14:00 Welcome
14:05 Robin de Lange (Leiden University)
14:30 Guntur Sandino (CleVR)
14:55 Student team: DinoZapp
15:10 – 15:25 Richard den Tilborg (Ordina)
—– Coffee & Demos —–
15:50 Hans Luyckx (IJsfontein)
16:15 Lisa E. Rombout
16:25 Student team: OrbitalVisualization
16:40 SanderVeenhof
17:00 Discussion, Drinks & Demos

7. #VRSE2016
WiFi: KPN + sign in
Registration

8. Bachelor
Physics
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
MSc. MediaTechnology
Focus: Extended cognition &
Augmented Reality
EDUCATION WORK
Owner BijlesinWassenaar
Video production 1st MOOC
(Massive Open Online Course)

9. Bachelor
Physics
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
MSc. MediaTechnology
Focus: Extended cognition &
Augmented Reality
EDUCATION WORK
Owner BijlesinWassenaar
Video production 1st MOOC
(Massive Open Online Course)
PhD student @ MediaTechnology
Promotor: Bas Haring
Founder Lyceo CodeLab

11. • Live EEG data visualization for Oculus Rift
• Together with Eva Delincakova & Bert Spaan @ Hack the Brain
hackathon

12. • In what ways canVR be used as a tool for
learning?
• What are the obstacles and opportunities
for implementingVR in the field of
education?

13. • Elective research course

14. • Elective research course for 25 bachelor and master students
• Exploring the potential of VR for science & education;
• Obtaining skills to create interactiveVR content using e.g.
Unity3D and 360˚ film technology;
• Creating aVR prototype as final project

15. • Elective research course
• Explorative qualitative research
• Symposium

16. Findings

17. People see potential forVR in education

20. VR is not the best solution for every
subject

21. Potential use cases for many different
fields of study

22. Experiencing archeological sites

23. Design tool for architecture students

24. 3D anatomy lessons

25. Visualizations of molecules and chemical
reactions

26. Visualizations of a supernova or nuclear
chain reaction

27. Practicing public speaking or moot court

28. 360 video for studying social dynamics

29. Learning languages by conversation in multi-
user applications

30. History lectures in ancient Rome

31. Immersive data visualizations

32. More intense social experience of MOOCs

33. CurrentVirtual Reality technology has
clear limitations

34. Available educationalVR content is limited

35. Creating content forVR is not as hard as
people think

36. VR content creation
GAME ENGINES
e.g. Unity3D
Combination of 3D
designing and coding
environment

37. VR content creation
PHOTO /VIDEO
RicohTheta or GoPro-
based setup
Workflow similar to
regular video

38. VR content creation
USER GENERATED
ExistingVR
applications where
users create
content

39. New medium, new rules

40. Making good educational content
requires a combination of expertise

41. Research course good format for
exploringVR possibilities

42. Further experimentation is wanted

43. • Broad experimentation withVR as learning tool
• CreatingVR content and implementing in education.
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44. There are many reasons why we should
experiment withVR in education.

45. VR learning experiences can be fun!

46. Possibility to design entire environment for
learning

47. Possibilities for experiental and active learning

48. Possibilities for embodied learning

49. Valuable learning experiences can be brought
to a much larger audience.

50. Integration of simulations with context
dependent information

51. Education can play a part in shapingVR as a
medium.

52. Questions
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