Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education.

This article discusses the potentials of 3D virtual worlds as tool for science fiction prototyping in education. Science fiction prototyping has become an important resource for creating, discussing, and assessing the impact of future scenarios. Introducing this creative process into education and t...

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Main Authors: Pirker, J., Guetl, Christian, Weghofer, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: ICST 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18961
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author Pirker, J.
Guetl, Christian
Weghofer, P.
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Weghofer, P.
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description This article discusses the potentials of 3D virtual worlds as tool for science fiction prototyping in education. Science fiction prototyping has become an important resource for creating, discussing, and assessing the impact of future scenarios. Introducing this creative process into education and training can help students understand societal and contextual implications of future technologies, scenarios, and environments. We discuss traditional SFP processes, such as storywriting,movies, or computer games that require different talents from their creators. Based on our findings we will introduce ‘Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping (ISFP)’ as a simplified creation approach in virtual world environments. ISFP enables students to create to reflect on science fiction scenarios in an interactive and collaborative way. As an example of ISFP a science fiction prototype of a future city was created and discussed in the virtual world framework Open Wonderland.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-189612017-09-13T13:44:34Z Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education. Pirker, J. Guetl, Christian Weghofer, P. Science Fiction Prototyping Creativity E-Education Open Wonderland Virtual Worlds Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping This article discusses the potentials of 3D virtual worlds as tool for science fiction prototyping in education. Science fiction prototyping has become an important resource for creating, discussing, and assessing the impact of future scenarios. Introducing this creative process into education and training can help students understand societal and contextual implications of future technologies, scenarios, and environments. We discuss traditional SFP processes, such as storywriting,movies, or computer games that require different talents from their creators. Based on our findings we will introduce ‘Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping (ISFP)’ as a simplified creation approach in virtual world environments. ISFP enables students to create to reflect on science fiction scenarios in an interactive and collaborative way. As an example of ISFP a science fiction prototype of a future city was created and discussed in the virtual world framework Open Wonderland. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18961 10.4108/fiee.1.1.e2 ICST fulltext
spellingShingle Science Fiction Prototyping
Creativity
E-Education
Open Wonderland
Virtual Worlds
Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping
Pirker, J.
Guetl, Christian
Weghofer, P.
Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education.
title Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education.
title_full Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education.
title_fullStr Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education.
title_full_unstemmed Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education.
title_short Application Scenarios of Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping in Virtual Worlds for Education.
title_sort application scenarios of interactive science fiction prototyping in virtual worlds for education.
topic Science Fiction Prototyping
Creativity
E-Education
Open Wonderland
Virtual Worlds
Interactive Science Fiction Prototyping
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/18961