SIMULATION PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICS EDUCATION USING VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNIQUE

Virtual reality technology is now widely recognized as a major break through in the technological advance of science education. The use of computers in the physics classroom can increase student engagement, add realism to instruction, promote mastery and understanding of basic physics principles, augment laboratory experience, and encourage inferential learning. Accordingly, the current paper presents a recently developed computer-based virtual reality simulation that enables students to learn key physics concepts, such as wave propagation, ray optics, relative velocity, and electric machines, etc. in high school-level physics.