An Exploration of 360 ° Film and Immersive Environments for Educational Purposes

The paper focuses on an exploration of immersive environments where 360° imagery and 360° films provide a potential for projects in education. ‘Discover Krakow’ – a 360° film produced for the display on immersive screens, has educational values as it refers to historical events and geographical facts about the city that the spectator is exploring during the navigation of space. A collaborative group-based learning environment delivered over immersive environments should motivate students to collect more information about the topic rather than memorize information. Object-based panoramic interactive narrative offers the possibility for the observer to make decisions about what supplementary information needs to be presented; therefore it seems to be a promising concept for edutainment, because it links interactive narratives with immersive environments. An exploration of immersive environments where 360° imagery and 360° video recorded in Krakow in Poland provide a potential for projects in education.

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