Kong, X., & Fegely, A., & De Backer, W., & Gray, M., & Hitt, G., & Kerns, R. (2022, August), Work-in-Progress: Developing an Interactive, Immersive, 360-Degree Virtual Media for Enhancing Student Learning in Additive Manufacturing  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41843

\bibitem{asee_peer_41843}
  Kong, X., \& Fegely, A., \& De Backer, W., \& Gray, M., \& Hitt, G., \& Kerns, R. (2022, August), \emph{Work-in-Progress: Developing an Interactive, Immersive, 360-Degree Virtual Media for Enhancing Student Learning in Additive Manufacturing}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41843

Xiangxiong Kong, Alex Fegely, Wout De Backer, Monica Gray, George Hitt, and Ryan Kerns.  "Work-in-Progress: Developing an Interactive, Immersive, 360-Degree Virtual Media for Enhancing Student Learning in Additive Manufacturing".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41843 Internet.  17 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41843}
  Xiangxiong Kong, Alex Fegely, Wout De Backer, Monica Gray, George Hitt, and Ryan Kerns.
  "Work-in-Progress: Developing an Interactive, Immersive, 360-Degree Virtual Media for Enhancing Student Learning in Additive Manufacturing".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41843 Internet.  17 Apr, 2024

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title = "Work-in-Progress: Developing an Interactive, Immersive, 360-Degree Virtual Media for Enhancing Student Learning in Additive Manufacturing"
booktitle = "2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition"
year = "2022"
month = "August"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Workforce development is the most critical factor to maintain a sustainable manufacturing industry in the US. Despite the current efforts being made, job openings in the manufacturing sector exceed applicants, primarily due to a skills gap, resulting in part from the introduction of new advanced technologies and automation. Such technologies may not be immediately included in the manufacturing curriculums in higher education, especially in engineering programs with limited resources and access to capital manufacturing equipment. Virtual Reality (VR) technology offers immersive, interactive, and engaging experiences; and 360-degree media based on real-world recordings can offer a grounded and accurate representation of the world. Through collaborating with manufacturing centers in academia and/or industry, customized 360-degree media on advanced manufacturing technologies can be filmed and then displayed remotely in a virtual environment via VR headsets. This would bridge the skills gap in today’s manufacturing education by facilitating open access to these advanced technologies, obviating the need for duplicate capital equipment, and enabling university curricula to keep pace with the industry. In this paper, ongoing work regarding a VR production workflow is presented by applying 360-degree filming to reproduce the scenes of real-world additive manufacturing equipment and adding interactive information to the virtual environment. As the pilot study, 360-degree videos and images of a consumer-grade 3D printer were filmed in the laboratory. Then these 360-degree media were edited in a web browser-based online platform, for creating interactive VR storytelling through multiple 360-degree scenes featuring embedded interactive hotspots. This further enabled a cohesive and interactive VR tutorial for enhancing students’ learning in 3D printer operation and additive manufacturing technology. Future plans on VR content production and student assessment were also reviewed and discussed.
AU  - Xiangxiong Kong
AU  - Alex Fegely
AU  - Wout De Backer
AU  - Monica Gray
AU  - George Hitt
AU  - Ryan Kerns
CY  - Minneapolis, MN
DA  - 2022/08/23
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Work-in-Progress: Developing an Interactive, Immersive, 360-Degree Virtual Media for Enhancing Student Learning in Additive Manufacturing
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/41843
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--41843
ER  -