Asymmetrical Game Design Approaches Solve Didactic Problems in VR Engineer Trainings

The use of VR in training groups for wind turbine engineers can cause didactic and practical problems. Integrating the whole group into the lesson and retaining attention and motivation while only one or two trainees wear a VR head mounted display (HMD) can be challenging for the trainer. Whereas VR...

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Published in2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) pp. 1 - 5
Main Authors Meyer, Uli, Becker, Jonathan, Mueller, Thomas, Jeworutzki, Andre, Draheim, Susanne, von Luck, Kai
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Immersive Learning Research Network 17.05.2021
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asymmetrical gameplay
engineer training
Games
Headphones
Pandemics
remote training
Resists
Training
Wind turbines
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Summary:The use of VR in training groups for wind turbine engineers can cause didactic and practical problems. Integrating the whole group into the lesson and retaining attention and motivation while only one or two trainees wear a VR head mounted display (HMD) can be challenging for the trainer. Whereas VR HMDs isolate the users, engineering on wind turbines is a group effort. The problem is exacerbated when trainees need to use remote access to participate in the lesson, as can be the case under pandemic restrictions. We propose to use methods from asymmetrical game design and constructivist didactics to integrate participants without VR headsets into VR trainings for engineers.
DOI:10.23919/iLRN52045.2021.9459385