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Area of Science:

  • Engineering Education
  • Virtual Reality Applications
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics

Background:

  • Virtual reality (VR) offers cognitive and behavioral benefits for education.
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are crucial in chemical engineering but present implementation challenges.
  • Existing educational tools may not fully address the complexities of CFD for students.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate
  • Virtual Garage
  • a task-centered VR application integrating CFD simulations for engineering education.
  • To assess the usability, user experience, and effectiveness of the VR application.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the
  • Virtual Garage
  • immersive VR application.
  • Testing with 24 graduate students using questionnaires and interviews.
  • Evaluation of usability, user experience, task load, and simulator sickness.

Main Results:

  • The
  • Virtual Garage
  • was well-received by participants.
  • Positive feedback on the immersive VR experience and its educational value.
  • Identified areas for enhancing VR applications with CFD simulations.

Conclusions:

  • VR applications like
  • Virtual Garage
  • can effectively support engineering education.
  • The application successfully tackles challenges associated with CFD simulations in learning environments.
  • Provides practical insights for developing future educational VR tools.