VWorld: an immersive VR system for learning programming [conference paper]

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Conference

ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference - July 2020

Authors

Qiao Jin (Ph.D student), Yu Liu (Ph.D. student), Ye Yuan (Ph.D student), Lana Yarosh (associate professor), Evan Suma Rosenberg (assistant professor)

Abstract

The growing development and commercialization of Virtual Reality (VR) allow more children to get access to this technology. VR features a new, more emotional relevant experience with a sense of presence and high interactivity. In this paper, we present VWorld, an immersive VR system designed to boost children's creativity and computational thinking skill. VWorld enables children to create their own virtual world by putting 3D objects on a miniature map, then explore the world and control the chosen objects by constructing program sequences. We present the design and implementation of VWorld system, with the design considerations of children in our VR environment, and conduct the preliminary evaluation and the future plan of the study.

Link to full paper

VWorld: an immersive VR system for learning programming

Keywords

human computer interaction, immersion technology, virtual reality