Using simulation and virtual reality for distance education

Lara, Juan de; Alfonseca, Manuel

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Using simulation and virtual reality for distance education

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Title: Using simulation and virtual reality for distance education

Author: Lara, Juan de; Alfonseca, Manuel

Entity: UAM. Departamento de Ingeniería Informática

UAM Author: Alfonseca Moreno, Manuel

; Lara Jaramillo, Juan De

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

Date: 2001

Citation: Computers and Education: Towards an Interconnected Society, Volumen 2. Springer 2011. 199-206

ISBN: 978-0-7923-7188-5 (print); 978-0-306-47533-7 (online)

DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47533-2_19

Funded by: This paper has been sponsored by the Spanish Interdepartmental Commission of Science and Technology (CICYT), project number TEL1999-0181.

Editor's Version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47533-2_19

Subjects: Continuous Simulation; Web-based simulation; Virtual Reality; Distance Education; Informática

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10486/666549

Note: The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47533-2_19

Rights: © Kluwer Academic Publishers 2001

Abstract:

This paper describes the construction of virtual reality simulations for distance education through the Internet. This is accomplished by means of an object oriented continuous simulation language, called OOCSMP, and a Java generating compiler for this language called C-OOL. This compiler is also able to create VRML worlds. The behaviour of the VRML world is specified in the OOCSMP models. Change of simulation parameters is possible at run time by means of a Java interface, generated by the compiler. An example of the simulation of the inner Solar System is presented.

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