Integrating kinect and haptics for interactive STEM education in local and distributed environments Wei, Lei, Zhou, Hailing, Soe, Aung K. and Nahavandi, Saeid 2013, Integrating kinect and haptics for interactive STEM education in local and distributed environments, in AIM 2013 : Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, IEEE, Piscataway, N.J., pp. 1058-1065, doi: 10.1109/AIM.2013.6584234. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Integrating kinect and haptics for interactive STEM education in local and distributed environments Author(s) Wei, Lei orcid.org/0000-0001-8267-0283 Zhou, Hailing orcid.org/0000-0001-5009-4330 Soe, Aung K. Nahavandi, Saeid orcid.org/0000-0002-0360-5270 Conference name Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics. IEEE/ASME International Conference (2013 : Wollongong, New South Wales) Conference location Wollongong, New South Wales Conference dates 9-12 Jul. 2013 Title of proceedings AIM 2013 : Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Editor(s) [Unknown] Publication date 2013 Conference series IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics Start page 1058 End page 1065 Total pages 8 Publisher IEEE Place of publication Piscataway, N.J. Keyword(s) STEM education control systems haptic interaction motion capture gesture recognition remote interaction and collaboration Summary Skill shortage is a realistic social problem that Australia is currently facing, especially in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Various approaches have been proposed to soften this issue. By now the most successful approach is to attract pre-university youth and university freshmen into those fields before they make a decision on future subjects by introducing them with interactive, modifiable and inspiring virtual environments, which incorporates most essential knowledge of STEM. We propose to design a comprehensive virtual reality platform with immersive interactions, pluggable components and flexible configurations. It also involves haptics, motion capture and gesture recognition, and could be deployed in both local and distributed environments. The platform utilizes off the shelf low cost haptics and motion capture products, however the fidelity can be maintained at a good level. The proposed platform has been implemented with different configurations and has been tested on a group of users. Preliminary test results show that the interactivity, flexibility and fidelity of the platform are highly appreciated by users. User surveys also indicate that the proposed platform could help pre-university students and university freshmen build an overview of various aspects of STEM education. Besides, users are also positive on the fact that the platform enabled them to identify the challenges for higher education in STEM by providing them opportunities to interactively modify system configurations and instantly experience the corresponding results both visually and haptically. ISBN 1467353205 9781467353205 Language eng DOI 10.1109/AIM.2013.6584234 Field of Research 080111 Virtual Reality and Related Simulation Socio Economic Objective 970108 Expanding Knowledge in the Information and Computing Sciences HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2013, IEEE Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30057131 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Institute for Intelligent Systems Research and Innovation (IISRI) GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 23 Oct 2013, 09:56:53 EST Wed, 23 Oct 2013, 13:57:08 EST Thu, 31 Oct 2013, 15:22:42 EST Fri, 01 Nov 2013, 08:07:05 EST Fri, 01 Nov 2013, 12:36:07 EST Fri, 08 Aug 2014, 16:04:33 EST Thu, 09 Oct 2014, 10:19:03 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 14:51:23 EST Wed, 21 Oct 2015, 18:22:13 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2015, 07:38:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 5 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 721 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 23 Oct 2013, 09:56:53 EST

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