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VR-Enabled Bio Edutainment

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Technologies for E-Learning and Digital Entertainment (Edutainment 2006)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 3942))

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In this post-genome era, structural and functional biology is playing an increasingly important role in Life Science research and development. Transforming current bio education for future research biologists is therefore a challenging task. Learning structural biology starting from K-12 year or in pre-university education is an issue of strategic importance. This paper presents our experimental work on bio edutainment for structural biology learning in secondary schools. Through playing, students will have a more intuitive way to understand better bio-molecular structures. Immersive and interactive games may potentially motivate students to explore the wonders of Life Science. The bio edutainment solution developed is powered by the Virtual Reality technology.

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  1. Bio-informatics Research Centre and School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    Y. Y. Cai, C. W. Chan, B. F. Lu, C. Indhumathi & Y. Jiang

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  1. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Zhigeng Pan

  2. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot Watt University, EH14 4AS, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Ruth Aylett

  3. Fraunhofer IGD, Joachim-Jungius-Strasse 11, 18059, Rostock, Germany

    Holger Diener

  4. State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P.R. China

    Xiaogang Jin

  5. Digital Storytelling Dept, ZGDV e.V., Rundeturmstr. 10, P.O. Box, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Stefan Göbel

  6. School of Management, Shenzhen University, 518060, Shenzhen, P.R. China

    Li Li

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Cai, Y.Y., Chan, C.W., Lu, B.F., Indhumathi, C., Jiang, Y. (2006). VR-Enabled Bio Edutainment. In: Pan, Z., Aylett, R., Diener, H., Jin, X., Göbel, S., Li, L. (eds) Technologies for E-Learning and Digital Entertainment. Edutainment 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3942. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11736639_2

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