The NICE Project: Narrative, Immersive, Constructionist / Collaborative Environments for Learning in Virtual Reality

The NICE Project: Narrative, Immersive, Constructionist / Collaborative Environments for Learning in Virtual Reality

Roussou, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T.

• Location: Calgary, Canada
• Link: http://www.evl.uic.edu/tile/NICE/NICE/PAPERS/EDMEDIA/edmedia.paper.htm
• PDF: nice3.pdf

• Caption: Virtual Carrots in the NICE garden.
• Credit: M. Roussou, EVL

This paper describes and discusses the NICE project, an immersive learning environment for children implemented in the CAVE and related multi-user virtual reality (VR) technologies. The NICE project provides an engaging setting where children construct and cultivate simple virtual ecosystems, collaborate via networks with other remotely-located children, and create stories from their interactions in the real and virtual world.