EDUCATIONAL TEACHING METHODS AND SYSTEMS PROVIDING GAMES AND LESSONS FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS UTILIZING VIRTUAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS

摘要

The objects of the present invention are to provide technology for facilitating the teaching of subjects using virtual 3-D scenes or environments (such as used in video games or VR displays) in which objects in the virtual scene can have their properties identified using virtual measurement instruments. Each important object or section of an object in the virtual world would have a file of its properties and each virtual measurement instrument would have instructions for how to display them. The object's properties can, thus, be displayed by identifying a virtual instrument and then identifying the object or section of the object, by for example, pointing with a mouse curser and clicking a mouse button. Measurement instruments could be created for displaying an object's chemical composition, weight, temperature, chemical compound makeup, hardness, thermal decomposition temperature, radiation emissions or reflections, odor, electric field, magnetic field, gravitational field, nuclear force, color, size, age, molecular structure, chemical activity, DNA analysis, atomic inheritance probability counter, radioactive rock dating, carbon dating, X-ray image, CAT scan, image analysis, microscopic view, gas chromatograph, mass spectrometer, infrared spectrometer, visible spectrometer, breath analysis, blood analysis, drug screen, blood pressure, pulse rate, fingerprints on the surface, surface image for hair matching or firearm identification, and other physical and chemical properties. Lessons on subjects can be created by specifying a sequence of objects to be measured, the measurements to be made, the data to be recorded, together with questions about the data and conclusions that can be drawn. Standard lessons can be created by subject matter experts or customized lessons can be created by the teachers of the subject.