An immersive virtual reality serious game to learn about your university

• F.J. Perales ^[1] ; S. Ramis ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de les Illes Balears

     Universitat de les Illes Balears

     Palma de Mallorca, España

     
• Localización: EDULEARN20 Proceedings: 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (July 6th-7th, 2020, Online) / coord. por Luis Gómez Chova, A. López Martínez, I. Candel Torres, 2020, ISBN 978-84-09-17979-4, págs. 4561-4565
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) organizes different activities for future students. Among these activities, we find the "Ciència per tothom", which consists of science and technology experiments in order to promote scientific and technological vocations among students from different levels of primary and secondary education. In this work, we propose an immersive virtual reality serious game [1, 2] to learn relevant information from each of the emblematic characters that represent each of the buildings on the university campus. The student can learn different subjects in a ludic and fun way. A total of 40 future students tested this virtual reality game in the activity organized by the UIB: “Ciència per tothom” [3]. Some aspects were analyzed, such as the dizziness that can cause the virtual reality system, the control of the virtual reality controllers, the difficulty of the game and the amusement of the student to use this new learning method. The results showed that this preliminary work can serve as a precedent to better know the University where you want to study, its studies and services. It would even be an amusement way to learn a certain subject related to each one of the studies taught by the University through mini games implemented in this virtual campus [4].