Realizing virtual reality learning environment for industry 4.0

V Liagkou, D Salmas, C Stylios - Procedia Cirp, 2019 - Elsevier
The scope of Industry 4.0 is to overlay a simulation on a real-time production line that can
investigate poorly understood phenomena and aid the rectification of bottlenecks. VR …

Introducing VR technology for increasing the digitalization of SMEs

V Liagkou, C Stylios - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2019 - Elsevier
One main discipline of Industry 4.0 (I4. 0) is Virtual Reality (VR), which could contribute to
increase product quality, decrease design and production costs and reduce the time needed …

Objects, worlds, and students: virtual interaction in education

A Christopoulos, M Conrad… - Education Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The main aim of this study is to form a complete taxonomy of the types of interactions that
relate to the use of a virtual world for engaging learning experiences, when blended and …

[PDF][PDF] How Do Students 'Really'Interact with Virtual Worlds?

A Christopoulos, M Conrad… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2016 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Our ongoing research focuses on the ways that interactions affect learner engagement with
a virtual world and, consequently, the educational activities that take place within it when a …

A case study of a virtual training environment

V Liagkou, C Stylios - Advances in Manufacturing II: Volume 1-Solutions …, 2019 - Springer
Virtual Reality is the most promising technology for providing new learning and education
solutions and more efficient opportunities for a revolutionary training environment. Here we …

Between virtual and real: Exploring hybrid interaction and communication in virtual worlds

A Christopoulos, M Conrad… - International Journal of …, 2016 - inderscienceonline.com
In this paper we aim to explore the potential advantages of interactions on student
engagement and provide guidance to educators who seek interactive and immersive …

Co-presence in the real and the virtual space: interactions through orientation

A Christopoulos, M Conrad, M Shukla - … CSEDU 2016, Rome, Italy, April 21 …, 2017 - Springer
The global aim of this research is to identify, map, and form a taxonomy of the ways, the
elements, and the factors that affect learner engagement with virtual worlds when Hybrid …

[PDF][PDF] Teaching Risk with Virtual World

M Conrad - 5th International Conference on Computer Supported …, 2013 - scitepress.org
We discuss and demonstrate how Virtual Worlds available at the University of Bedfordshire
have been used to teach Project Management using a 'situated learning'approach. In …

[PDF][PDF] How Interactive is your Virtual World?

A Christopoulos, M Conrad, M Shukla - personales.upv.es
This paper is part of our ongoing research on the ways interaction affects student immersion
within a virtual world and, consequently, student engagement with the educational activities …

[PDF][PDF] Investing in Ephemeral Virtual Worlds

A Christopoulos, M Conrad - … of the 6th International Conference on …, 2014 - academia.edu
The increased demand for the use of virtual worlds in higher education has led many
educators and researchers in in-depth analysis and evaluation of a number of different …