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Connecting virtual reality and ecology: a new tool to run seamless immersive experiments in R
PeerJ Computer Science ( IF 3.5 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-01 , DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.544
Julie Vercelloni 1, 2 , Jon Peppinck 1, 2 , Edgar Santos-Fernandez 1, 2 , Miles McBain 1 , Grace Heron 1 , Tanya Dodgen 1 , Erin E Peterson 1, 2 , Kerrie Mengersen 1, 2
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Virtual reality (VR) technology is an emerging tool that is supporting the connection between conservation research and public engagement with environmental issues. The use of VR in ecology consists of interviewing diverse groups of people while they are immersed within a virtual ecosystem to produce better information than more traditional surveys. However, at present, the relatively high level of expertise in specific programming languages and disjoint pathways required to run VR experiments hinder their wider application in ecology and other sciences. We present R2VR, a package for implementing and performing VR experiments in R with the aim of easing the learning curve for applied scientists including ecologists. The package provides functions for rendering VR scenes on web browsers with A-Frame that can be viewed by multiple users on smartphones, laptops, and VR headsets. It also provides instructions on how to retrieve answers from an online database in R. Three published ecological case studies are used to illustrate the R2VR workflow, and show how to run a VR experiments and collect the resulting datasets. By tapping into the popularity of R among ecologists, the R2VR package creates new opportunities to address the complex challenges associated with conservation, improve scientific knowledge, and promote new ways to share better understanding of environmental issues. The package could also be used in other fields outside of ecology.

中文翻译:

连接虚拟现实和生态:在 R 中运行无缝沉浸式实验的新工具

虚拟现实 (VR) 技术是一种新兴工具,支持保护研究与公众参与环境问题之间的联系。VR 在生态学中的应用包括采访不同的人群,同时他们沉浸在虚拟生态系统中,以产生比传统调查更好的信息。然而,目前,运行 VR 实验所需的特定编程语言的相对高水平的专业知识和不相交的路径阻碍了它们在生态学和其他科学中的更广泛应用。我们提出了 R2VR,这是一个用于在 R 中实施和执行 VR 实验的软件包,旨在减轻包括生态学家在内的应用科学家的学习曲线。该软件包提供了在带有 A-Frame 的 Web 浏览器上渲染 VR 场景的功能,多个用户可以在智能手机、笔记本电脑和 VR 耳机上查看。它还提供了有关如何从 R 中的在线数据库检索答案的说明。三个已发布的生态案例研究用于说明 R2VR 工作流程,并展示如何运行 VR 实验并收集结果数据集。通过利用 R 在生态学家中的普及,R2VR 软件包创造了新的机会来解决与保护相关的复杂挑战,提高科学知识,并促进分享对环境问题更好理解的新方法。该软件包还可用于生态学以外的其他领域。三个已发表的生态案例研究用于说明 R2VR 工作流程,并展示如何运行 VR 实验并收集结果数据集。通过利用 R 在生态学家中的普及,R2VR 软件包创造了新的机会来解决与保护相关的复杂挑战,提高科学知识,并促进分享对环境问题更好理解的新方法。该软件包还可用于生态学以外的其他领域。三个已发表的生态案例研究用于说明 R2VR 工作流程,并展示如何运行 VR 实验并收集结果数据集。通过利用 R 在生态学家中的普及,R2VR 软件包创造了新的机会来解决与保护相关的复杂挑战,提高科学知识,并促进分享对环境问题更好理解的新方法。该软件包还可用于生态学以外的其他领域。并推广新的方式来分享对环境问题的更好理解。该软件包还可用于生态学以外的其他领域。并推广新的方式来分享对环境问题的更好理解。该软件包还可用于生态学以外的其他领域。
更新日期:2021-06-01
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