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2020 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

Engineering virtual reality for real learning

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K02940
Research InstitutionFuture University-Hakodate

Principal Investigator

Vallance Michael  公立はこだて未来大学, システム情報科学部, 教授 (00423781)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywordsvirtual reality / education / learning
Outline of Annual Research Achievements

A VR solar power plant was designed using Unity, informed by the expertise of MYSOLAR company. Data from a real-world solar plant was then captured and viewed in real-time as a 3D visualization within SolarVR. The Oculus Rift HMD was used for viewing the developed virtual solar plant. A local solar panel was physically set up in order to capture data of temperature (C), humidity (%), power (W), voltage (V), and current (A), uploaded to a dedicated Microsoft Azure database. Data was collected by Arduino sensors connected to a Raspberry Pi which acted as the combiner box. In addition, solar power, voltage and current, along with load power and current were recorded from the MPPT Controller to a web-based Dashboard programmed using NODE-Red, a browser-based flow editor built on Node.js. The data from the Raspberry Pi and the PC Dashboard were sent to the Azure server database and then streamed direct to the SolarVR Unity Project to be viewed in a custom-designed 3D Visualization. Without access to participants in 2020, due to the coronavirus and prohibitions of face-to-face and regular interactions with students, learning data through tasks of increasing complexity could not be acquired. Therefore, further theorization of learning in VR was undertaken. This included utilizing Gibbons and Hopkins’ Scale of Experientiality. It is reasoned that the quantitative biometric data of the research participants and insights from the experiential qualitative data from the student developers can be used to determine the efficacy of VR for education.

  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Metacognitive Knowledge and the Self as Socially Distanced Online Learner: A Virtual Reality Assisted Analysis of Academic Self-Concept2021

    • Author(s)
      Rivers Damian J.、Vallance Michael、Nakamura Michiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Educational Technology Systems

      Volume: - Pages: -

    • DOI

      10.1177/0047239521999779

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Computational thinking and interdisciplinary learning: time to focus on pedagogy2020

    • Author(s)
      Vallance Michael、Towndrow Phillip A.
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Learning Technology

      Volume: 15 Pages: 180~200

    • DOI

      10.1504/IJLT.2020.109573

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Seeking Accessible Physiological Metrics to Detect Cybersickness in VR2020

    • Author(s)
      Magaki Takurou、Vallance Michael
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Virtual and Augmented Reality

      Volume: 4 Pages: 1~18

    • DOI

      10.4018/IJVAR.2020010101

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Determining the Efficacy of Virtual Reality through Experientiality and Biometrics2020

    • Author(s)
      Vallance, M., Magaki, T. & Kurashige, Y.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 6th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN 2020)

      Volume: - Pages: 344~347

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Development of a Virtual Environment for Extrasomatic Communication2020

    • Author(s)
      Vallance, M., Magaki, T. & Kurashige, Y.
    • Journal Title

      IEEE TALE2020- An International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Education

      Volume: - Pages: 15~18

    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Inter-cognitive and intra-cognitive communication in Virtual Reality2020

    • Author(s)
      Vallance, M.
    • Organizer
      Educators in VR International Summit
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] International Virtual Environments Research Group

    • URL

      http://www.mvallance.net

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Published: 2021-12-27  

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