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Virtual Reality in Biology: Can We Become Virtual Naturalists?
Version 1
: Received: 27 October 2019 / Approved: 27 October 2019 / Online: 27 October 2019 (15:49:29 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 12 May 2020 / Approved: 14 May 2020 / Online: 14 May 2020 (08:52:09 CEST)
Version 3 : Received: 18 January 2021 / Approved: 19 January 2021 / Online: 19 January 2021 (10:54:11 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 12 May 2020 / Approved: 14 May 2020 / Online: 14 May 2020 (08:52:09 CEST)
Version 3 : Received: 18 January 2021 / Approved: 19 January 2021 / Online: 19 January 2021 (10:54:11 CET)
How to cite: Morimoto, J.; Ponton, F. Virtual Reality in Biology: Can We Become Virtual Naturalists?. Preprints 2019, 2019100311. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201910.0311.v2 Morimoto, J.; Ponton, F. Virtual Reality in Biology: Can We Become Virtual Naturalists?. Preprints 2019, 2019100311. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201910.0311.v2
Abstract
Technological advances made Virtual and Mixed Reality (VMR) accessible at our fingertips. However, only recently VMR has been explored for the teaching of biology. Here, we highlight how VMR applications can be useful in biology education, discuss about caveats related to VMR use that can interfere with learning, and look into the future of VMR applications in the field. We then propose that the combination of VMR with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence can provide unprecedented ways to visualise how species evolve in self-sustained immersive virtual worlds, thereby transforming VMR from an educational tool to the centre of biological interest.
Keywords
virtual reality; biological evolution; immersive reality
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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