SpaceVR: Outreach out of this world!
Teaching people about Space concepts is challenging with traditional text book and teaching methods. It is hard to encourage prospective students with these traditional methods as they lack engagement and interactivity. We have developed SpaceVR which is a VR application that provides high school students with an engaging outreach experience about Space Science. The application uses real images of the sun from NASA’s solar dynamics observatory satellite to create an interactive digital Sun for students to explore. The project investigates if adding gamification elements will increase student engagement with Space Science outreach efforts.
People
Publications
- Benjamin Sanson, Craig Anslow, Alex Doronin, Yvette Perrott, and Tulasi Parashar. SpaceVR: Virtual Reality Space Science Outreach Experience. In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology (VRST), Christchurch, New Zealand, 2023.
- VRST 2023 - Poster - SpaceVR.pdf: VRST 2023 - Poster - SpaceVR.pdf
Videos
SpaceVR: Outreach out of this world! - Benjamin Sanson from Te Herenga Waka on Vimeo.