Interactive immersive virtual reality to enhance students' visualisation of complex molecules

Won, Mihye; Mocerino, Mauro; Tang, Kok-Sing; Treagust, David; Tasker, Roy

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-6998-8_4

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Authors

Won, Mihye

Mocerino, Mauro

Tang, Kok-Sing

Treagust, David

Tasker, Roy

Date

2019

Type

Book Chapter

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Citation

Won, M. and Mocerino M. and Tang, K.-S. and Treagust, D. and Tasker, R. 2019. Interactive Immersive Virtual Reality to Enhance Students’ Visualisation of Complex Molecules, in Schultz M. and Schmid S. and Lawrie G. (eds), Research and Practice in Chemistry Education, pp. 51-64, Singapore: Springer.

Source Title

Research and Practice in Chemistry Education Advances from the 25th IUPAC International Conference on Chemistry Education 2018

DOI

10.1007/978-981-13-6998-8_4

ISBN

9811369976

9789811369971

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

School

School of Education

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75826

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Computer-aided visualisation has played an essential role in helping students construct a better understanding of molecular interactions over the years but it has limitations in supporting 3D visualisation, especially for complex molecules. As an alternative platform, immersive virtual reality (VR) holds great promise for addressing students' difficulties. This paper examines the educational possibilities and limitations of immersive VR environments.