On June 1st, combined with ‘8+1+1’ Graduation Project launched by the Department of Architecture, the National Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Center organized a virtual presentation in Building D of the Architecture and Urban Planning College. The virtual presentation included a digital student working model.
The American engineer, Worldviz, quickly set up a head-mounted virtual navigation system, which automatically transformed a sketched-up working model that was provided by nine students, into an instrument that can navigate. Students using head-mounted equipment navigated through a path of their own design. Teachers also discussed with them about the space scenes, which they had seen through synchronous projection. During this process, students could quickly see any flaws in their design and discover potential structure and structural issues. For example, they could directly observe the width of a path, the degree that units of space are repressed and the enclosure degree of open spaces, which greatly improved the students’ understanding about their teachers’ were teaching.
The current virtual reality technology has become very mature and is easy-to-use which substantially lowers the cost; so, the National Virtual Simulation Experiment Teaching Center will strengthen various technology supports for professional courses in the future and help students to correctly understand their teachers’ descriptions relating to space objects.
Translated by May Language Studio based upon
http://news.tongji.edu.cn/classid-6-newsid-47444-t-show.html
