Immersive virtual reality to enforce teaching in engineering education

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 79; no. 3-4; pp. 2987 - 3004
• Main Author: Halabi, Osama
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.01.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Communication; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Data Structures and Information Theory; Design analysis; Design engineering; Displays; Educational objectives; Engineering education; Immersive virtual reality; Learning; Multimedia Information Systems; Problem solving; Product design; Project design; Prototyping; Skills; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Virtual reality; 3D modeling; Interactive learning environments; First-year students; Virtual reality; Project-based learning

Prior studies on the use of digital prototyping and virtual reality (VR) in designing as well as evaluating new products have shown that VR reduces both development time and costs whilst augmenting student motivation and creativity. The current study demonstrates that VR and 3D prototyping in the co...