Puzzle Playground: Teaching VR Interactions Through a Puzzle Game

Vincent Albertsson; Patrick Hibbs; Csanád Farkas; Qinxin Ren; Amir Zaidi; Ricardo Marroquim; Elmar Eisemann; Rafael Bidarra

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-78269-5_39

Puzzle Playground: Teaching VR Interactions Through a Puzzle Game

Vincent Albertsson, Patrick Hibbs, Csanád Farkas, Qinxin Ren, Amir Zaidi, Ricardo Marroquim, Elmar Eisemann, Rafael Bidarra^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Computer Graphics and Visualisation

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Abstract

In recent years, it has become clear that modern education is not currently equipped with the proper tools to fully support remote teaching. Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to make remote education viable in the future. Nevertheless, many teachers and students lack experience and familiarity with this technology, which poses a challenge to its adoption in education. In this paper, we introduce Puzzle Playground, a game that builds familiarity with VR by teaching object interactions through puzzles in an interactive experience tailored for educators. Players gradually learn VR interactions by completing various puzzle levels. A preliminary user study indicated that people who learned with Puzzle Playground grasped VR interactions faster than those who learned with printed or visual methods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Games and Learning Alliance
Subtitle of host publication	13th International Conference, GALA 2024, Berlin, Germany, November 20–22, 2024, Proceedings
Editors	Avo Schönbohm, Francesco Bellotti, Antonio Bucchiarone, Francesca de Rosa, Manuel Ninaus, Alf Wang, Vanissa Wanick, Pierpaolo Dondio
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	381-387
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-78269-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-78268-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78269-5_39
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	13th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2024 - Hochschule für Wirschaft und Recht Berlin, Berlin, Germany Duration: 20 Nov 2024 → 22 Nov 2024 https://conf.seriousgamessociety.org/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Publisher	Springer
Volume	15348 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2024
Abbreviated title	GALA 2024
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	20/11/24 → 22/11/24
Internet address	https://conf.seriousgamessociety.org/

Bibliographical note

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Keywords

Educational technology
Interaction techniques
Virtual reality

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Albertsson, V., Hibbs, P., Farkas, C., Ren, Q., Zaidi, A., Marroquim, R., Eisemann, E., & Bidarra, R. (2025). Puzzle Playground: Teaching VR Interactions Through a Puzzle Game. In A. Schönbohm, F. Bellotti, A. Bucchiarone, F. de Rosa, M. Ninaus, A. Wang, V. Wanick, & P. Dondio (Eds.), Games and Learning Alliance: 13th International Conference, GALA 2024, Berlin, Germany, November 20–22, 2024, Proceedings (pp. 381-387). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 15348 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78269-5_39

Albertsson, Vincent ; Hibbs, Patrick ; Farkas, Csanád et al. / Puzzle Playground : Teaching VR Interactions Through a Puzzle Game. Games and Learning Alliance: 13th International Conference, GALA 2024, Berlin, Germany, November 20–22, 2024, Proceedings. editor / Avo Schönbohm ; Francesco Bellotti ; Antonio Bucchiarone ; Francesca de Rosa ; Manuel Ninaus ; Alf Wang ; Vanissa Wanick ; Pierpaolo Dondio. Cham : Springer, 2025. pp. 381-387 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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