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Developing Interactive Company Presentations in the 3D Glue Virtual Reality Environment: A Collaborative Educational Approach

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Recent advances in availability of immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR), large screen display systems, and tangible user interfaces (TUIs) [1], have enabled new ways of exploring, understanding, interacting with, and presenting information. This study presents an immersive virtual collaboration platform, 3D Glue, which can be used to develop company presentations and collaborative educational applications together with students. The paper describes the results of the workshop with n = 14 participants (8 students, 1 teacher, 4 company representatives, and 1 person from the local Chamber of Commerce). The collected data (video recordings and digital survey) were analyzed through content analysis. In conclusion, the development of company presentations in the virtual environment in combination with a co-creation workshop enabled the creation of comprehensive user experiences, enhancing collaborative learning, extending social communication and envisioning additional features for a successful workshop in a virtual reality environment.

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    Glue Virtual Collaboration, https://www.glue.work/.

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This research was made in collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce Satakunta, Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, Prizztech Ltd. and Pori Laboratory of Play at University of Turku.

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    Pirita Ihamäki

  2. Degree Programme in Cultural Production and Landscape Studies, University of Turku, P.O. Box 124, 28101, Pori, Finland

    Katriina Heljakka

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Ihamäki, P., Heljakka, K. (2021). Developing Interactive Company Presentations in the 3D Glue Virtual Reality Environment: A Collaborative Educational Approach. In: Ahram, T.Z., Falcão, C.S. (eds) Advances in Usability, User Experience, Wearable and Assistive Technology. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 275. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80091-8_22

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