Supporting Spatial Skill Learning with Gesture-Based Embodied Design

Chiu, Po-Tsung; Wauck, Helen; Xiao, Ziang; Yao, Yuqi; Fu, Wai-Tat

doi:10.1145/3172944.3172994

Cited by 11 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 8 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Interaction designers working within this paradigm seek to leverage the full range of a user's gestures, movements, and actions to facilitate meaningful interaction with technical systems. Embodied interaction has been demonstrated to be effective for spatial reasoning-based educational games (Chiu et al, 2018). The broader TASC project emphasizes embodiment to enhance existing spatial training protocols.…”

Section: Vr-tei Condition and "Keep The Ball Rolling" Gameplaymentioning

confidence: 99%

Thinking Through the Box: Evaluating a 3D Game to Engage Penetrative Thinking

Pathak

Chang

Resch

et al. 2020

Front. Virtual Real.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Spatial skills allow us to mentally imagine and manipulate objects and their spatial relations. These skills are crucial in both every day and expert tasks. The present paper reports on an evaluation of a 3D game developed to train a specific spatial skill known as penetrative thinking—the ability to imagine cross-sections of 3D objects from their surface features. In the game, users change the location and orientation of a virtual plane to make cuts through 3D objects in a series of spatial puzzles. Users operate an interface to position the virtual plane until a “slice” at the location of the plane matches a target cross-section of a virtual object. Multiple spatial puzzles with different properties are completed throughout the game. In one version of the game, users completed the puzzles in an immersive virtual environment and operated a tangible interface to move the virtual plane. A secondary version of the game required users to view the puzzles in a virtual environment displayed on a computer screen, and to position the slicing plane with a keyboard and mouse. Participants (n = 45) completed a measure of penetrative thinking (Santa Barbara Solids Test) before and after completing one of three interventions: the game with the tangible interface (n = 15), the game with the keyboard interface (n = 15), or a series of (control) questions (n = 15). Although there were no significant pre-/post-intervention changes in penetrative thinking in any of the groups, participants' performance in the game correlated with scores on a standardized test of penetrative thinking. These results provide evidence that the game and the standardized test accessed similar spatial skills and, as a consequence, indicate that the 3D game has the potential to be a valid approach for training penetrative thinking skills.

show abstract

Section: Vr-tei Condition and "Keep The Ball Rolling" Gameplaymentioning

confidence: 99%

Thinking Through the Box: Evaluating a 3D Game to Engage Penetrative Thinking

Pathak

Chang

Resch

et al. 2020

Front. Virtual Real.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Can 3-Dimensional Visualization Enhance Mental Rotation (MR) Ability?: A Systematic Review

Piri

Çağıltay

2023

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Embodied Interaction and Spatial Skills: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies

Lee-Cultura

Giannakos

2020

Interacting With Computers

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Embodied interaction describes the interplay between the brain and the body and its influence on the sharing, creation and manipulation of meaningful interactions with technology. Spatial skills entail the acquisition, organization, utilization and revision of knowledge about spatial environments. Embodied interaction is a rapidly growing topic in human–computer interaction with the potential to amplify human interaction and communication capacities, while spatial skills are regarded as key enablers for the successful management of cognitive tasks. This work provides a systematic review of empirical studies focused on embodied interaction and spatial skills. Thirty-six peer-reviewed articles were systematically collected and analysed according to their main elements. The results summarize and distil the developments concerning embodied interaction and spatial skills over the past decade. We identify embodied interaction capacities found in the literature review that help us to enhance and develop spatial skills. Lastly, we discuss implications for research and practice and highlight directions for future work.

show abstract

Supporting Spatial Skill Learning with Gesture-Based Embodied Design

Cited by 11 publications

References 8 publications

Thinking Through the Box: Evaluating a 3D Game to Engage Penetrative Thinking

Thinking Through the Box: Evaluating a 3D Game to Engage Penetrative Thinking

Can 3-Dimensional Visualization Enhance Mental Rotation (MR) Ability?: A Systematic Review

Embodied Interaction and Spatial Skills: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About