Abstract

Web deployable anatomical simulations or "virtual reality learning objects" can easily be produced with QuickTime VR software, but their use for online and mobile learning is being limited by the declining support for web browser plug-ins for personal computers and unavailability on popular mobile devices like Apple iPad and Android tablets. This article describes complementary methods for creating comparable, multiplatform VR learning objects in the new HTML5 standard format, circumventing platform-specific limitations imposed by the QuickTime VR multimedia file format. Multiple types or "dimensions" of anatomical information can be embedded in such learning objects, supporting different kinds of online learning applications, including interactive atlases, examination questions, and complex, multi-structure presentations. Such HTML5 VR learning objects are usable on new mobile devices that do not support QuickTime VR, as well as on personal computers. Furthermore, HTML5 VR learning objects can be embedded in "ebook" document files, supporting the development of new types of electronic textbooks on mobile devices that are increasingly popular and self-adopted for mobile learning. (Contains 5 figures.)

Citation

Trelease, R.B. & Nieder, G.L. (2013). Transforming Clinical Imaging and 3D Data for Virtual Reality Learning Objects: HTML5 and Mobile Devices Implementation. Anatomical Sciences Education, 6(4), 263-270. Retrieved August 10, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/132709/.

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Keywords

• Anatomy
• Computer Simulation
• Computer Software
• electronic learning
• Handheld Devices
• Learning Objects
• medical education
• Multimedia Instruction
• programming
• Resource Units