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Name of VR Application | International Space Station Tour VR | ||||||||||||
Category | Space | ||||||||||||
Date of processing: 27/9/2019 | |||||||||||||
Technical Framework & Key Data | Software-Provider: Microsoft Store
Software-Developer: The House of Fables Robaszyński-Janiec sp.j. Version of app: v1.01
Compatible VR hardware systems: ☐ Google Cardboard ☐ Oculus Rift ☐ Google Daydream View ☒ Oculus Quest ☐ Lenovo Mirage Solo ☐ Samsung Gear VR ☐ Lenovo Explorer ☐ Samsung Odyssey ☐ HTC Vive Pro ☐ PlayStation VR ☐ HTC Vive ☐ Dell Visor ☐ Acer AH 101 ☒ Other: ACER OJO500 ☐ Oculus Go
Compatible operating systems ☐ iOS Version:…………………………… ☐ Android Version:…………………………… ☒ Other: WINDOWS Version: Windows 10 version 10240.0 or higher
Languages available ☒ English ☐ Italian ☐ Spanish ☐ German |
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Learning Content | Educational tour of the ISS space station. Incredible 360º technology allows you to feel like an astronaut. | ||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes | Knowledge | ||||||||||||
The adult learners will be able to:
· …recall the functions of Space Station · …recognize physical laws
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Skills | |||||||||||||
The adult learners will be able to:
· …navigate through a VR environment with the use of sight and hand motion
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Competences | |||||||||||||
The adult learners will be able to:
· …convince of the added value of the ISS as if they were personally there
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Activities provided | Moving between 8 modules you will uncover 40 key areas of the space station that serve as the living quarters and science laboratory for an international crew of astronauts and cosmonauts. Gain an insider’s view of what it is like to live and work onboard the longest, continually inhabited space station to orbit Earth. | ||||||||||||
Added value for low-skilled/-qualified adults |
The user of this app can virtually join the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti having the feeling of being on board the International Space Station. Guided by the record holder for the longest uninterrupted space flight for a European astronaut, the low-skilled/-qualified adult will learn, without having any specific notion, to know the internal mechanisms of the International Space Station. In this context, the app might provide a much more engaging and motivating way to learn than traditional methods ever could. | ||||||||||||
SWOT analysis |
*1…very poor/low; 2…poor/low; 3…OK/medium; 4…good/high; 5…very good/high
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Ideal application/utilization |
Context of ideal application Astronomy and physical laws training.
Instructions for preparation It is very important for the positive outcome of the activity to prepare the virtual reality laboratory in advance. Each personal computer with the connected VR viewer must have all the management software (operating system, drivers) updated. The display must be perfectly calibrated. The International Space Station Tour VR software will need to be installed as a system administrator and the launcher icon will be available on the desktop. The learner will not in any way be able to change all the system settings.
Instructions for mentoring The instructor should explain the astronomy and physical laws concept and give a graphic representation of it on the blackboard through a lecture. The instructor will explain how through virtual reality it will be possible to see in 3D what is shown on the blackboard. The adult educator will be able to intervene immediately where there are problems of a technical or learning nature. The adult educator must have prepared a small guide to explain to the learner all the steps of the activity to be performed with the viewer and the International Space Station Tour VR software. At the end of the activity a questionnaire will be given to assess the activity performed.
Do’s and don’ts Due to small delays (latencies) and small inaccuracies of the gyroscope it is good to move slowly and alternate the virtual immersion activity with pauses by removing the viewer.
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