STEM education with Unity 3D

Minocha, Shailey and Burden, David (2013). STEM education with Unity 3D. In: Virtual Worlds Education Roundtable (VWER), 11 Jul 2013, Second Life (3D virtual world).

URL: http://www.vwer.org/2013/07/11/july-11-2013-shaile...

Abstract

As a part of The Open University's OpenScience Laboratory, we are developing a 3D simulation of a Geology field trip based around Skiddaw in the Lake District, using the Unity software (http://unity3d.com/) and in collaboration with Daden (http://www.daden.co.uk/). During this session, we will give a demonstration of this 3D virtual geology field trip and discuss our rationale of developing a 3D simulation of a geology field trip. We will discuss the technological challenges of developing this application in Unity 3D. We will outline the opportunities that Unity 3D offers in developing 3D educational environments.

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• Item ORO ID
• 39529
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  Wolfson Open Science Lab	Not Set	Wolfson Foundation

• Keywords
• 3D simulations; 3D virtual worlds; collaborative learning; immersion; Practical online Science; Second Life; STEM education; The Open Science Lab; Unity 3D; virtual field trip; virtual geology field trip
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2013 Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology, The Open University, UK, © 2013 Faculty of Science, The Open University, UK
• Related URLs
• • http://uk.linkedin.com/in/shaileyminocha(Author Website)
  • http://www.daden.co.uk/(Author Website)
  • http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/david-burden/...(Author Website)
  • http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/o...(Research Group)
  • https://learn5.open.ac.uk/course/format/...(Research Group)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/39350/(Publication)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/39526/(Publication)
  • http://oro.open.ac.uk/32071/(Publication)
• Depositing User
• Shailey Minocha