Monday, January 4, 2010

Why 3-D? Replicate real-world learning environments, unbound by distance and place

Karl Kapp, author of the forthcoming book "Learning in 3D", and a good friend of mine, penned a blog post that I thought hit the nail on the head when it comes to answering the question of Why 3-D? He says that 3-D immersive environments can accurately replicate real-world learning spaces, without being constrained by real-world bounds of distance and place.


He provides a few examples of this. Teach students about Antarctica by taking them on a virtual field trip. Show sales people how a medical device works by demonstrating a virtual surgery. Hold a brainstorming session in a virtual subway to discuss crowd control. He describes more in his post.

This immersion is simply not possible in time-bound 2-D environments. In most 2-D meeting tools, the data is the center of focus, not the human. Think about a Web meeting. The leader is simply showing participants slides. But the participants are not interacting with the information, nor one another.


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