Title: |
Visualizing with Video and
Virtual Reality* |
Meeting: |
119th AAPT National Meeting:
San Antonio, TX |
Location: |
N/A |
Date: |
Friday, August 6 |
Time: |
8 a.m. |
Author: |
Dean A. Zollman, Kansas
State Univ.
785-532-1619,
dzollman@phys.ksu.edu |
Co-Author(s): |
None |
Abstract:
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Over the past fifteen years
video has become a common tool for analysis in the physics laboratory.
When students collect data from an event recorded on video, they are
using real events to help them understand how the motions are visualized
with graphs and data. Interactive video has also aided students in
understanding a variety of complex situations by enabling them to
manipulate variables in a controlled environment. Recent advances in
data collection can automate some of the data collection while new forms
of non-linear video and simulations such as QuickTime VR and VRML
provide greater flexibility in interactivity. These methods can
potentially provide new pedagogical tools for physics students and offer
much broader opportunities for hands-on physics learning at a distance.
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