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The Moon Experience: Designing Participatory Immersive Environments for Experiential Learning

Zhang, Cheng

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2013, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Industrial, Interior Visual Communication Design.
The Moon Experience is an interactive and immersive virtual reality system based on the historic events of the Apollo Program (1961-1972). The goal of this thesis project is to demonstrate a solution to the design challenge of framing and creating an effective learning experience in a virtual space that would otherwise be impossible to realize in the real world. I employ technologies and approaches from multiple disciplines in the design and implementation of the system. Through the technology of virtual reality I establish the virtual lunar world, which provides participants with immersive firsthand experiences. Computer game technology reinforces the effectiveness of the learning environment, lending The Moon Experience the qualities of entertainment, deep thought, and knowledge retention. Motion capture and computer animation facilitate real-time interactions between users and the system to sustain the sensation of being on the Moon. I take into account related learning principles and narrative storytelling to give a participant the proper situated learning content. Providing a framework of narrative helps heighten the audience’s perception, trigger their imagination, and transcend the virtual reality’s current limitations.
Alan Price (Advisor)
Maria Palazzi (Committee Member)
Rick Parent (Committee Member)
154 p.

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  • Zhang, C. (2013). The Moon Experience: Designing Participatory Immersive Environments for Experiential Learning [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366363049

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhang, Cheng. The Moon Experience: Designing Participatory Immersive Environments for Experiential Learning. 2013. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366363049.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhang, Cheng. "The Moon Experience: Designing Participatory Immersive Environments for Experiential Learning." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366363049

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