Aplicación de realidad virtual para potenciar el aprendizaje de la historia de los videojuegos.

Abstract

This thesis project addresses the gap in historical knowledge among students of the Digital Animation program at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil (UCSG) regarding the origins and technological evolution of the video game industry. A survey of students from the 4th to 8th semesters revealed that traditional teaching methods, based primarily on slide reading and theoretical lectures in the classroom, are insufficient, tedious, and complicated for conveying the interactive nature of video game history. In order to solve this problem, the development of "Ludus Historia VR" is taken into consideration. This will be an immersive virtual reality application designed as an interactive environment that uses experiential and active learning to reinforce the absorption of historical content. The project uses the "Vertical Slice" software development method, which means that it only includes information about Nintendo's past. The prototype lets students use high-quality digital copies of consoles in a virtual environment that looks like the real Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) buildings. This makes an educational tool that turns abstract data into learning, proving that Virtual Reality (VR) technologies can be used in schools.