The NICE Project: Learning Together in a Virtual World

Created on March 14, 1998

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The NICE Project: Learning Together in a Virtual World

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

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  • Caption: Jim (the avatar) and Eddie working together in the garden.
  • Credit: M. Roussou, EVL

This paper describes 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: Johnson, A., Roussou, M., Leigh, J., Barnes, C., Vasilakis, C., Moher, T., The NICE Project: Learning Together in a Virtual World, Proceedings of VRAIS ’98, Atlanta, GA, pp. 176-183, 1998-03-14. http://www.evl.uic.edu/aej/vrais98/vrais98.2.html