Capturing Worlds of Play: A Framework for Educational Multiplayer Mixed Reality Simulations

Multiplayer AR participatory simulations offer highly engaging hands-on lessons to teach systems thinking to K-12 students. However, several challenges obstruct the implementation of these simulations. These simulations require that participating mixed reality devices share a global view of the simulation. Devices must share a robust map of the physical space to render virtual objects in the same physical location for every viewer. In addition, the environmental data of the room must be captured and processed to inform the simulation. Finally, the system must respond dynamically to player input. This thesis project aims to create a framework that abstracts the process of building these highly dynamic AR p-sims.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Wang, Ellen

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Klopfer, Eric

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
• Copyright retained by author(s)

Licence dc:rights.uri

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151344

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/151344