Tuesday, January 27

Rapid authoring for immersive 3D games

Clive on Learning: Rapid authoring for immersive games and sims:

Clive Shepherd points to an upcoming release of a 3D "elearning" game engine:
"Caspian Learning's Thinking Worlds, the first tool that I know of to support the rapid creation of immersive, single-player 3D worlds for learning."
The product looks interesting, although I have to say that, in general I frown on the use of 3D... unless it is actually warranted by the material (e.g. the 3D representation of an engine part has clear learning value to a mechanic). Just being able to walk around with a 3D avatar and answer multiple choice questions does not good learning make.