Teaching rock mechanics using Virtual Reality: laboratory practices and field trips during the confinement of the Coronavirus COVID-19 in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Spain

Abstract:

Virtual Reality (VR) consists of creating spaces similar to reality where the viewer interacts more or less in a digital world. This digital world can be programmed so that geosciences student takes data as if it were a field trip. The VR can save money, logistical problems and avoid accessing unsafe places. Besides, students can access places that would otherwise require a veritable expedition (hydroelectric projects in the Andes, remote highways, dams, tunnels in the Himalayas, among others.). At the beginning of the project in 2019, we designed some virtual rock mechanics classes to complement the face-to-face classes: In recent years, we have seen it increasingly difficult to organize field trips. We have designed virtualscenarios where students can obtain geomechanical data from tunnels, mines and rock slopes. We have used the CoSpaces commercial platform for this purpose. Within this virtual world, we place …

Año de publicación:

2021

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