When we think about virtual reality, we imagine experiencing the world without leaving home – exploring another reality, spaces related to entertainment or experiencing something new using VR goggles. Meanwhile, VR is entering education more and more boldly, more and more programs are based on the use of artificial intelligence and virtual reality, which can take us to the land of science a little more empirically. What can VR be used for in science?
Dr. Dorota Celińska-Kopczyńska (Institute of Computer Science at the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Mechanics of the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Economic Sciences of the University of Warsaw) talks about the uses of virtual reality in science, including at the University of Warsaw, answering questions from Dr. Justyna Pokojska o:
– examples of using VR in education,
– a project that uses VR to teach non-Euclidean geometry,
– problems with virtual reality – in particular with the time we can spend in it,
– a triangle composed of three right angles and the assumptions of non-Euclidean geometry,
– the reasons why a coral reef or a lettuce leaf takes on a specific shape,
– application of VR in a non-isotropic world,
– a new statistical reality, involving geometry,
– VR game assumptions HyperRogue, which "melts the mind" 🙂
– learning from participating in the virtual world.
