Guide on a Framework of Immersive Virtual Reality Integrated with Multimodal Interactions in Developing 3DP Training Virtual Laboratory

The Design of Applying Gamification in an Immersive Virtual Reality Virtual Laboratory for Powder-Bed Binder Jetting 3DP Training

“…Compared to the research of [1,2,6,7,[10][11][12][13][14]16,17], in relation to medical surgery and sports simulation training, the trainee had a certain target for their training outcome because of the highly professional level and the actual seriousness of the training. At the same time, the aim of other chemistry and physics virtual laboratory research is not to enhance the sustainability of learning and learning motivation, but to evaluate VR applications with the study results and to solve the problem of training limitations in the real environment, which is why we achieved different results by using VR to develop teaching or training virtual laboratories.…”

“…Regarding the use of VR technology to build and develop a virtual laboratory, VR technology was used to build virtual laboratories in [1,2,6,7,[10][11][12][13][14]16,17], and there has been positive learning feedback from chemical education, medical training, STEM teaching and sports training. In the case of experimental simulation, proper simulation and simulation-based applications can usually enable students to easily express their true reactions, thereby increasing the speed of learning.…”

“…Therefore, this study focused much of its efforts on how to use VR to simulate the operation of the powder 3D printer station and interactive guidance. The authors in [16] described how to modularize VR interaction.…”

“…As described in [16], the 3DP Training Virtual Laboratory prototype was constructed by integrating the Unity 3D game engine with Virtual Reality Toolkit (VRTK) and steam VR in a HTC VIVE immersive virtual reality device.…”

“…Gamification was, initially, feature in the 3DP Training Virtual Reality Virtual Laboratory [16] prototype (in this paper, we call it the 3DP Training VRVL). Some studies [9][10][11][12][13][14][15] pointed out the active influence of VR in training and education, while others proposed that VR can improve students' degree of participation.…”