The Virtual Reality Gorilla Exhibit

Author

Allison, Don ; Wills, Brian ; Bowman, Doug ; Wineman, Jean ; Hodges, Larry F.

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

17

Issue

6

fYear

1997

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

38

Abstract

The Virtual Reality Gorilla Exhibit is an immersive virtual environment which lets students assume the persona of an adolescent gorilla, enter into one of the gorilla habitats at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia, and interact as part of a gorilla family unit. The exhibit combines a model of Zoo Atlanta´s Gorilla Habitat 3-home of Willie B, a 439 pound male silverback gorilla and his family group-with computer generated gorillas whose movements and interactions are modeled as accurate representations of gorilla behaviors. The VR Gorilla Exhibit´s goal is to create an experiential educational tool for middle school students to learn about gorillas´ interactions, vocalizations, social structures, and habitat

Keywords

biology computing; computer aided instruction; teaching; virtual reality; zoology; Virtual Reality Gorilla Exhibit; Zoo Atlanta; adolescent gorilla; computer generated gorillas; experiential educational tool; gorilla behavior; gorilla family unit; gorilla habitats; immersive virtual environment; male silverback gorilla; middle school students; social structures; students; Diseases; Educational institutions; Government; Logistics; Mood; Protection; Sleep; Virtual environment; Virtual reality; Watches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.626967

Filename

626967