Learning Japanese through VR Technology. The Case of Altspace VR

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_5503
dc.title	Learning Japanese through VR Technology. The Case of Altspace VR
dc.contributor.author	Mantelli Alessandro
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2021/1/learning-japanese-through-vr-technology-the-case-o/
dc.description.abstract	Through this paper, I intend to analyse the state of Japanese learning through virtual reality technologies, avoiding as much as possible the analysis of prototypes and laboratory experiments, focusing instead on a case study that implements software and hardware already present on the consumer market. After analysing the VR technology currently available to end-users and its hardware, which has lately increased in popularity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the specificities of virtual reality compared to other communication technologies, I will proceed to the analysis of the case study Altspace VR, a social VR software used also by an active Japanese learning community, to try to identify the characteristics that could make this technology particularly suitable for language learning.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 57 \| June 2021
dc.issued	2021-06-30
dc.dateAccepted	2021-06-14
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-01-25
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2021/01/024
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Digital humanities
dc.subject	Digital humanities
dc.subject	Informal language learning
dc.subject	Informal language learning
dc.subject	Japanese language
dc.subject	Japanese language
dc.subject	Learning through technology
dc.subject	Learning through technology
dc.subject	Virtual reality
dc.subject	Virtual reality
dc.subject	Virtual worlds
dc.subject	Virtual worlds

Research Article
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Learning Japanese through VR Technology. The Case of Altspace VR

Alessandro Mantelli Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

Through this paper, I intend to analyse the state of Japanese learning through virtual reality technologies, avoiding as much as possible the analysis of prototypes and laboratory experiments, focusing instead on a case study that implements software and hardware already present on the consumer market. After analysing the VR technology currently available to end-users and its hardware, which has lately increased in popularity due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the specificities of virtual reality compared to other communication technologies, I will proceed to the analysis of the case study Altspace VR, a social VR software used also by an active Japanese learning community, to try to identify the characteristics that could make this technology particularly suitable for language learning.

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June 30, 2021

Accepted

June 14, 2021

Submitted

Jan. 25, 2021

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Keywords: Virtual reality • Informal language learning • Learning through technology • Digital humanities • Japanese language • Virtual worlds

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