Effects of Tactile Feedback on Conceptual Understanding of Electromagnetism in a Virtual Reality Experience
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Acevedo, Pedro; Magana, Alejandra; Mousas, Christos; Walsh, Yoselyn; Pinto, Hector Will; Benes, Bedrich
- Source
- 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) ISMAR-ADJUNCT Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2022 IEEE International Symposium on. :588-593 Oct, 2022
- Subject
- Computing and Processing
Vibrations
Visualization
Three-dimensional displays
Tactile sensors
Virtual environments
Haptic interfaces
Electric fields
Human-centered computing-Human computer in-teraction (HCI)-HCI design and evaluation methods-User studies
Education-Computer graphics-Graphics systems and interfaces-Virtual reality
- Language
- ISSN
- 2771-1110
This research project aimed to investigate the effect of a virtual reality (VR) environment and tactile feedback on students' con-ceptual understanding of electromagnetism. In our developed ap-plication, we simulated the physics concept of electromagnetism through charged particles and their interaction through field lines and isosurfaces in 3D. We divided interactions with virtual particles into four scenarios: 1) interaction between two positively charged particles; 2) interaction between two negatively charged particles; 3) interaction between one positively and one negatively charged particle; and 4) interaction among three particles, one positively and two negatively charged. We conducted a between-group study in which undergraduate students (n = 41) experienced either only visual feedback (n = 20) or simultaneous visual and haptic feedback (n = 21). We found significant differences (p-value