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A Story on Internet Safety: Experiences from Developing a VR Gaming Environment

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This work presents the authors’ on-going experience in implementing an online VR platform targeted to young pupils with the aim to achieve an in-depth understanding regarding Internet safety risks, protective measures and actions, primarily within the school and family environment. We a) outline design and technical considerations with respect to ‘SimSafety’ development, b) present technical prospects and limitations related to the provision of conceptually ‘rich’ activities to support our educational goals and c) briefly discuss SimSafety’s pilot application so far, under the “story telling” paradigm.

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  1. Research Academic Computer Technology Institute, Patras, Greece

    Maria Fountana, Dimitris Kalaitzis, Eftychios Valeontis & Vasilis Delis

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  1. Maria Fountana
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  1. Shanghai University, Xingjian Building, No. 149 Yanchang Road, 200072, Shanghai, China

    Xiangfeng Luo

  2. Information Systems and Databases, RWTH Aachen University, Ahornstr. 55, 52056, Aachen, Germany

    Yiwei Cao

  3. School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Techology of China, No. 2006 Xiyuan Avenue, High-Tech Zone (West), 611731, Chengdu, China

    Bo Yang

  4. Knowledge Grid Lab, Hunan University of Science and Technology, 411202, Xiangtan, Hunan, China

    Jianxun Liu

  5. School of Computer Engineering and Science, Shanghai University, Xingjian Building, No. 149, Yanchang Road, 200072, Shanghai, China

    Feiyue Ye

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Fountana, M., Kalaitzis, D., Valeontis, E., Delis, V. (2011). A Story on Internet Safety: Experiences from Developing a VR Gaming Environment. In: Luo, X., Cao, Y., Yang, B., Liu, J., Ye, F. (eds) New Horizons in Web-Based Learning - ICWL 2010 Workshops. ICWL 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6537. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20539-2_3

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