An Immersive Virtual Environment for Collaborative Geovisualization

DOLEŽAL, Milan, Jiří CHMELÍK and Fotis LIAROKAPIS. An Immersive Virtual Environment for Collaborative Geovisualization. Online. In 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games 2017). Athens, Greece: IEEE Computer Society, 2017, p. 272-275. ISBN 978-1-5090-5812-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2017.8056613.

Basic information

• Original name: An Immersive Virtual Environment for Collaborative Geovisualization
• Authors: DOLEŽAL, Milan (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří CHMELÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Fotis LIAROKAPIS (300 Greece, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Athens, Greece, 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games 2017), p. 272-275, 4 pp. 2017.
• Publisher: IEEE Computer Society

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Proceedings paper
• Field of Study: 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: electronic version available online
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14330/17:00097849
• Organization unit: Faculty of Informatics
• ISBN: 978-1-5090-5812-9
• ISSN: 2474-0489
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VS-GAMES.2017.8056613
• UT WoS: 000425228700046
• Keywords in English: virtual reality; collaborative environments; user studies
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This paper presents an immersive virtual reality environment that can be used to develop collaborative educational applications. Multiple users can collaborate within the virtual shared space and communicate with each other through voice. To asses the feasibility of the collaborative environment a novel case-study concerned the education of a geography was developed and evaluated. The geovisualization experiment scenario explores the possibility of learning geography in a collaborative virtual environment. A user-study with 30 participants was performed. Participants evaluated and commented on the usability and interaction methods used within the virtual environment.

Links

• MUNI/M/0846/2015, interní kód MU: Name: Vliv metod kartografické vizualizace na úspěšnost řešení praktických a výukových prostorových úloh

Investor: Masaryk University, Influence of cartographic visualization on solving practical and instructional space tasks, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects

• 727153, interní kód MU: Name: Advanced VR, iMmersive serious games and augmented reality as tools to raise awareness and access to European underwater Cultural heritage (Acronym: iMARECULTURE)

Investor: European Union, Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies (Societal Challenges)