TOMSK, Oct 5 – RIA Tomsk. Radiophysicists of Tomsk State University (TSU) are developing a VR laboratory for students in grades 7-9, which will help study physics by conducting practical classes and experiments in a virtual environment, which is especially relevant with a distance learning format, the university's website reports on Tuesday.
It is specified that the development is carried out together with physics teachers from schools in Tomsk and Kazakhstan, which help to form theoretical material.
"Topics involving laboratory work had to be explained by teachers only theoretically in the conditions of distance learning. And our system will help expand the capabilities of the remote format of education in schools," the project manager Stanislav Torgaev is quoted in the message.
"This can be achieved through a better implementation of the laboratory's visual presentation, management process, physical interactions of all components of the system, as well as well-developed VR mode. The virtual lab is being developed in Unreal Engine 4. The developed system will have two work modes: VR and regular (game)," the report said.
At the first stage of the project, it is planned to assemble a bank of laboratory work for grades 7-9 according to the school curriculum. Further, it is planned to develop additional laboratory works that allow you to master the material more deeply and whose implementation within the school is impossible for one reason or another.