US 2019/0096274 A1 · EDUCATIONAL TEACHING METHODS AND SYSTEMS PROVIDING GAMES AND LESSONS FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS UTILIZING VIRTUAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS

Abstract

The objects of the present invention are to provide technology for facilitating the teaching of subjects using virtual 3-D scenes or environments (such as used in video games or VR displays) in which objects in the virtual scene can have their properties identified using virtual measurement instruments. Each important object or section of an object in the virtual world would have a file of its properties and each virtual measurement instrument would have instructions for how to display them. The object's properties can, thus, be displayed by identifying a virtual instrument and then identifying the object or section of the object, by for example, pointing with a mouse curser and clicking a mouse button. Measurement instruments could be created for displaying an object's chemical composition, weight, temperature, chemical compound makeup, hardness, thermal decomposition temperature, radiation emissions or reflections, odor, electric field, magnetic field, gravitational field, nuclear force, color, size, age, molecular structure, chemical activity, DNA analysis, atomic inheritance probability counter, radioactive rock dating, carbon dating, X-ray image, CAT scan, image analysis, microscopic view, gas chromatograph, mass spectrometer, infrared spectrometer, visible spectrometer, breath analysis, blood analysis, drug screen, blood pressure, pulse rate, fingerprints on the surface, surface image for hair matching or firearm identification, and other physical and chemical properties. Lessons on subjects can be created by specifying a sequence of objects to be measured, the measurements to be made, the data to be recorded, together with questions about the data and conclusions that can be drawn. Standard lessons can be created by subject matter experts or customized lessons can be created by the teachers of the subject.

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Dependent claims

A computer system for providing digital games and lessons utilizing virtual measurement instruments and virtual objects, comprising:

one or more physical computer processors executing a plurality of components, including an environment component, an instrument component, and an object component;
wherein the environment component executes an instance of a computer game to one or more users via one or more user computer devices;
wherein the computer game comprises a virtual scene, a plurality of virtual objects, and a plurality of virtual measurement instruments;
wherein the computer game comprises an interface for user inputs for controlling in-game actions, including selection of virtual objects and virtual measurement instruments;
wherein the instrument component comprises a library of the virtual measurement instruments available in the computer game, and graphically presents, to the user via the user computer device, a user-selected virtual measurement instrument;
and
wherein the object component comprises a database of the virtual objects available in the computer game and data regarding various properties of the virtual objects, and graphically presents, to the user via the user computer device, data associated with a user-selected property of a virtual object and the user selected virtual measurement instrument.

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A computer-implemented method for providing digital games and lessons utilizing virtual measurement instruments and virtual objects, comprising the steps of:

executing with one or more physical computer processors a plurality of components, including an environment component, an instrument component, and an object component;
executing the environment component to present an instance of a computer game to one or more users via one or more user computer devices;
wherein the computer game comprises a virtual scene, a plurality of virtual objects, and a plurality of virtual measurement instruments;
wherein the computer game comprises an interface for user inputs for controlling in-game actions, including selection of virtual objects and virtual measurement instruments. Executing the instrument component to store a library of the virtual measurement instruments available in the computer game;
executing the instrument component to graphically present, to the user via the user computer device, a user-selected virtual measurement instrument;
executing the object component to store a database of the virtual objects available in the computer game and data regarding various properties of the virtual objects;
and
executing the object component to graphically present, to the user via the user computer device, data associated with a user-selected property of a virtual object and the user selected virtual measurement instrument.

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A computer-implemented method for providing customized digital games and lessons utilizing virtual measurement instruments and virtual objects, comprising the steps of:

executing with one or more physical computer processors an In-Game Editor component to generate an In-Game Editor Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a user computer device;
wherein the In-Game Editor GUI includes:
a virtual scene;
a library of different virtual environments;
a library of different virtual objects;
and
a library of different virtual instruments;
wherein the In-Game Editor GUI is configured to receive user inputs to define a customized game, including:
selection of one or more virtual environments;
selection and placement of one or more virtual objects in the selected virtual environments;
and
selection of one or more virtual instruments associated with the selected virtual objects;
storing the selection of virtual environments, selection and placement of virtual objects in the selected virtual environments and selection of virtual instruments associated with the selected virtual objects for the customized game.

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Educational teaching methods and systems providing games and lessons for measuring properties of virtual objects utilizing virtual measurement instruments

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Educational teaching methods and systems providing games and lessons for measuring properties of virtual objects utilizing virtual measurement instruments

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