Towards Eco-Embodiment: Virtual Reality for Building Climate Change Awareness within Education for Sustainable Development

Kreimeier J, Theelke L, Denzler J, Enders F, Kumar S, Roth D (2023)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2023

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Pages Range: 611-612

Conference Proceedings Title: 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)

Event location: Sydney, NSW AU

ISBN: 9798350328912

DOI: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct60411.2023.00130

Abstract

To foster the understanding of the consequences of one's actions on climate change, low-threshold accessible and understandable content is needed. Virtual Reality (VR) has emerged as a valuable tool in the field of sustainable development education. However, there remains a lack of practical approaches and empirical insights into fostering climate change awareness through an eco-embodiment perspective. Our prototype addresses this gap by immersing users in a VR experience that simulates an everyday life scenario. The player's activities are calculated as if the entire population of Earth would exhibit such a behavior. At the end of the simulation, they are presented with the long-term scaled global consequences for the environment. Our preliminary evaluation demonstrates the effectiveness of this communication method but also reveals necessary gameplay optimizations toward longitudinal pre/post studies to quantify users' learning and behavioral changes.

Authors with CRIS profile

Julian Kreimeier Juniorprofessur für Human-Centered Computing and Extended Reality Luisa Theelke Juniorprofessur für Human-Centered Computing and Extended Reality

Involved external institutions

Technische Universität München (TUM) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Kreimeier, J., Theelke, L., Denzler, J., Enders, F., Kumar, S., & Roth, D. (2023). Towards Eco-Embodiment: Virtual Reality for Building Climate Change Awareness within Education for Sustainable Development. In Gerd Bruder, Anne-Helene Olivier, Andrew Cunningham, Evan Yifan Peng, Jens Grubert, Ian Williams (Eds.), 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) (pp. 611-612). Sydney, NSW, AU: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Kreimeier, Julian, et al. "Towards Eco-Embodiment: Virtual Reality for Building Climate Change Awareness within Education for Sustainable Development." Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, ISMAR-Adjunct 2023, Sydney, NSW Ed. Gerd Bruder, Anne-Helene Olivier, Andrew Cunningham, Evan Yifan Peng, Jens Grubert, Ian Williams, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. 611-612.

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