Applying Multimedia and Virtual Reality for Learning Environments

Authors

  • Paulo Nazareno Maia Sampaio University of Madeira
  • Roberto Ivo C. de Freitas University of Madeira
  • Gonçalo Nuno P. Cardoso University of Madeira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v4i6.912

Keywords:

Virtual Reality, Multimedia Synchronization, OGRE, XML

Abstract


Most of the tools and languages for modeling Virtual Reality environments, such as VRML, X3D, Java3D, etc. do not provide means of describing the synchronized presentation of multimedia content inside these environments. Multimedia has demonstrated its capabilities of motivating users and capturing their attention, which are important characteristics when we want to provide a higher degree of immersion and learning capabilities inside Virtual Reality applications. This paper presents a robust and generic solution for the integrated presentation of different kinds of media objects inside virtual environments based on the Graphical Engine OGRE and how this solution can be applied broadly for providing customizable multimedia and virtual learning environments.

Author Biographies

Paulo Nazareno Maia Sampaio, University of Madeira

Paulo Nazareno Maia Sampaio is Assistant Professor at University of Madeira (Portugal), and he holds a PhD degree in Informatics and Telecommunications from University Paul Sabatier - Toulouse II. His PhD work was carried out at Laboratory of Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS-CNRS) in Toulouse (France). He is a researcher in the Centro de Ciências Matemáticas of the University of Madeira, and is a faculty member of the M.Sc. Program in Human-Computer Interaction under the Carnegie Mellon University ­ Portugal Project. His research interests are: The design of distributed multimedia systems, documents engineering, virtual and augmented reality and multimodal systems.

Roberto Ivo C. de Freitas, University of Madeira

Roberto Ivo C. de Freitas is graduated (BSc equivalent) from University of Madeira (Portugal) in Informatics Engineering, 2007.

Gonçalo Nuno P. Cardoso, University of Madeira

Gonçalo Nuno P. Cardoso is graduated (BSc equivalent) from University of Madeira (Portugal) in Informatics Engineering, 2007.

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Published

2009-10-01

How to Cite

Sampaio, P. N. M., de Freitas, R. I. C., & Cardoso, G. N. P. (2009). Applying Multimedia and Virtual Reality for Learning Environments. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 4(6), pp. 32–36. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v4i6.912

Issue

Vol. 4 (2009): Special Issue: IMCL2009

Section

Special Focus Papers