1944 - Smartphone-based Virtual Reality for physics with BuckeyeVR

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AAPT WM21 (2021)

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AAPT WM21 A1.9 Technology Playground (2021)

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Most smartphones when placed in a simple $10 plastic viewer become incredibly capable devices for providing virtual reality (VR) experiences. Unfortunately, the learning curve is steep for creating...

Most smartphones when placed in a simple $10 plastic viewer become incredibly capable devices for providing virtual reality (VR) experiences. Unfortunately, the learning curve is steep for creating smartphone-based VR content for physics using various software platforms. The Ohio State University led BuckeyeVR group created two free smartphone apps to help teachers create and deliver 3D content using student's smartphones. Importantly these apps produce stereoscopic 3D content so that the visualization provides the viewer with a sense of depth perception. In this talk I will share the BuckeyeVR electric field app which provides VR views of electric field configurations. I will also describe the BuckeyeVR plotter that allows students and teachers to define and view vector fields, curves and surfaces. I will also briefly describe some of the education research we have done using these visualizations at Ohio State.

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