Cardboard Virtual Reality in teaching

Virtual Reality (VR) is becoming more and more widespread in academic teaching. But which technical and organisational prerequisites must be met to enable a large number of students to develop VR applications independently? In the course “Geometric Modelling and Visualisation II”, the IIB teaches all steps from creating a digital building model to appealing visualisation using VR. As the use of stationary VR hardware is not possible in such a large course, Pascal Mosler, M.Sc. , research assistant at the IIB, decided to use Cardboard VR when planning the new course.

The HessenHub accompanied Pascal Mosler in the conception and implementation of the course. The video can be viewed below this article (English subtitles available). The IIB would like to thank all participants of the video project, especially the student assistants and the students of the course “Geometric Modelling and Visualisation II”. Special thanks go to Markus Weber and Mostafa Tabatabaei from the E-Learning department of the Center for Educational Development and Technology (HDA) of the Technical University of Darmstadt for the production of the video and the trustful cooperation.

Background

The HessenHub is a network project currently involving 13 universities in Hessen. It supports lecturers in the professional use of digital media in academic teaching and promotes cross-university networking. The video produced is part of the video series “WiP”. The term “WiP” stands for “Work in Progress”. The short videos provide insights into current processes or projects with interesting didactic settings and scenarios, their focus is on practical implementation.