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Immersive Digital Worlds Ultimately, games are about much more than visualization. They are about interacting within digital worlds. Interactive Digital worlds can be compelling learning environments. In Science Space, for example, players interact with a Newtonian world to better grasp the properties of Newton's physics. Players learn by "playing" with these systems, introducing new variables, and observing how the system reacts. When faced with a challenge, players can play and replay the game until they achieve prescribed goals.
Combining this kind of immersive game world with gaming mechanisms can foster even deeper engagement with content. Replaying the game encourages experimentation as players devise new strategies and interact with the materials in new ways. Thus, knowledge becomes a tool that learners can use to solve problems. Research shows that such rehearsal and experimentation increases the chances of that knowledge transferring to other novel situations. |
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