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| Title | Article: Virtual Reality World Used to Teach Language |
| Body | From http://tigerweekly.com/article/10-15-2008/9462 Virtual Reality world used to teach language By Ryan Burns October 15, 2008 A collaborative effort has produced a virtual reality city aimed at teaching foreign languages. The city, named Realtown, is programmed with stores, schools, pharmacies and pretty much anything else students would expect to find in a generic town. Virtual reality is used to immerse the student in a situation conducive to learning. Students have video-game characters in Realtown, and can optionally make the experience feel more real with background noise such as traffic, sirens, children playing and other common sounds. So far, Realtown has been used to teach English as a second language to engineering students in Mexico, and “the potential for the growth of Realtown is substantial,” researchers say. Read the entire article at http://tigerweekly.com/article/10-15-2008/9462 . Read more about Realtown at http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=86685 , http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081009094645.htm , and http://ostatic.com/173728-blog/open-source-virtual-reality-spreads-out . |
| Source | Tiger Weekly |
| Inputdate | 2008-11-09 02:05:55 |
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