Immersion Analysis Through Eye-Tracking and Audio in Virtual Reality

In this study,using Head Mounted Display(HMD),which is one of the biggest advantage of Virtual Reality(VR)environment,tracks the user’s gaze in 360◦video content,and examines how the gaze pattern is distributed according to the user’s immersion.As a result of analyzing the gaze pattern distribution of contents with high user immersion and contents with low user immersion through a questionnaire,it was confirmed that the higher the immersion,the more the gaze distribution tends to be concentrated in the center of the screen.Through this experiment,we were able to understand the factors that make users immerse themselves in the VR environment,and among them,the importance of the audio of the content was shown.Furthermore,it was found that the shape of the gaze distribution for grasping the degree of immersion by the subject of the content was different.While reviewing the experimental results,we also confirmed the necessity of research to recognize specific objects in a VR environment.

Meeting the Dual Goals of Content Knowledge and English Language Learning:A Study of the CCUEI Curriculum Materials

This article reports a study on the China-Canada-United States English Immersion(CCUEI)Moral Education and Social Studies(MESS)curriculum materials for elementary classes(Grades 3-6)with the aim of learning how the curriculum addressed the dual goals of MESS content and English language learning.An analysis comparing the CCUEI third grade MESS textbook with an equivalent level Chinese textbook demonstrates how China’s national standards in MESS and English education can be met,and drawbacks encountered in the process.The CCUEI textbook was found to embrace grade level MESS content standards,but showed a varied degree of depth of content across standards.The textbook addressed all of the general goals of Level One English language learning(Grades 3-4)and most of the language skills indicators(16 out of 20).An additional in-depth teacher survey provided a user’s perspective on MESS materials.The teachers rated the textbook highly for its activity-centered format and knowledge-rich content.They emphasized the importance of teaching English language as preparation for the MESS content teaching,and asked for more systematic support in language teaching from curriculum materials.