Ocean Odyssey: The VR Game Expedition (MarineXR)

This project aims to develop a game app with immersive Virtual Reality (VR) eLearning tools and serious games to elevate teaching and learning experience in marine education. The game that will be developed will offer multi-learning objectives and highlights: (i) increasing students’ understanding and curiosity of complex concepts through realistic and immersive simulations; (ii) providing access to useful learning resources of local biodiversity and conservation in marine habitats; (iii) offering a flexible learning paths and environments to learn through serious games; (iv) fostering teamwork and communication among the players. The key deliverables of the project include (i) an immersive VR game embedded with real-and-virtual combined environment; (ii) a series of games for marine education; (iii) 3D models of marine organisms which can be printed by 3D printers and used in other lab demonstrations or board games; (iv) a database with all local marine habitats through 3D mapping and reconstruction which can be extended for other research purposes.