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

Created on June 14, 1997

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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.

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  • 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.

Citation: Roussou, M., Johnson, A., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project: Narrative, Immersive, Constructionist / Collaborative Environments for Learning in Virtual Reality, Proceedings of ED-MEDIA /ED-TELECOM ’97, Calgary, Canada, pp. 917-922, 1997-06-14. http://www.evl.uic.edu/tile/NICE/NICE/PAPERS/EDMEDIA/edmedia.paper.htm