Experiencing the library in a panorama virtual reality environment Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This paper investigates and illustrates the potential of using panorama virtual reality to enhance Webbased library instruction. It describes a project in Sterling C. Evans Library at Texas A&M University that emulates a physical tour and renders it into an attentiongetting virtual tour with 360degree realistic views. The paper outlines three progressive developments in the use of tour as an instructional medium: the physical tour, the Web virtual tour, and the virtual reality tour. The project illustrates that panorama VR could be a powerful tool to combine the physical tour and the Webbased virtual tour into one, making it a more useful medium that allows navigating, viewing, reading, hearing and remote access. The issues of design, hardware, software, and cost are addressed. The discussion also includes an overview of the Internetbased VR technologies, a literature review of using VR technologies for learning and some considerations on future applications of panoramabased virtual reality.

published proceedings

  • Library Hi Tech

altmetric score

  • 2

author list (cited authors)

  • Xiao, D. Y.

citation count

  • 25

complete list of authors

  • Xiao, Daniel Yi

publication date

  • January 2000