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Virtual Reality to study second language (L2) learning

We use virtual reality (VR) to study second language (L2) learning, and the effects of learning in an immersive, interactive, 3D virtual space on constructing embodied, native-like representations. Learning a second language presents a significant challenge to many people in adulthood. While real-life immersion is often emphasized as an effective L2 learning platform, little is known about the features of immersive contexts that contribute to the L2 learning process. Immersive virtual reality offers a flexible platform to simulate a real-life immersive learning situation, while allowing the researcher to have tight experimental control for stimulus delivery and learner interaction with the environment. Our immersive virtual reality conditions currently focus on participants learning Mandarin Chinese words but these can be extended to the learning of other languages and other linguistic domains.

VR Kitchen

VR Museum

Virtual Hospital: An Immersive Virtual Reality System For Nursing Education

Virtual Hospital simulates the complex and chaotic environment of a real-life hospital ward. More than 1,200 combinations of randomised situations and multiple choices make it difficult for students to predict the tasks they will be handling, while they are required to provide instant responses to multiple tasks and make appropriate nursing decisions through assessing a patient’s condition and interpreting their health information. The research team is planning to incorporate inter-professional and interdisciplinary elements in the Virtual Hospital and to introduce the learning system to other nursing institutions in Hong Kong and in the Greater Bay Area.

VR Hospital

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