3D Interactions between Virtual Worlds and Real Life in an E-Learning Community

الملخص EN

Virtual worlds became an appealing and fascinating component of today's internet.

In particular, the number of educational providers that see a potential for E-Learning in such new platforms increases.

Unfortunately, most of the environments and processes implemented up to now do not exceed a virtual modelling of real-world scenarios.

In particular, this paper shows that Second Life can be more than just another learning platform.

A flexible and bidirectional link between the reality and the virtual world enables synchronous and seamless interaction between users and devices across both worlds.

The primary advantages of this interconnection are a spatial extension of face-to-face and online learning scenarios and a closer relationship between virtual learners and the real world.