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An authoring tool for educators to make virtual labs
This paper focuses on the design and implementation of a
tool that allows educators to author 3D virtual labs. The methodology
followed is based on web 3D frameworks such as three.js and WordPress
that allowed us to develop simplified interfaces for modifying Unity3D
templates. Two types of templates namely one for Chemistry and one for
Wind Energy labs were developed that allow to test the generalization,
user-friendliness and usefulness of such an approach. Results have shown
that educators are much interested on the general concept, but several
improvements should be made towards the user-friendliness and the intuitiveness
of the interfaces in order to allow the inexperienced educators
in 3D gaming to make such an attempt.peer-reviewe