Evaluation of a Virtual Reality Nasal Cavity Education Tool

Abstract

In this paper, we present a user study to evaluate the suitability of a virtual reality (VR) application for teaching the anatomy of the human nasal cavity. We discuss the benefits of VR technology in the domain of anatomy education and present our application and the user study. Our results seem to indicate a disadvantage of the VR application with respect to assessment results, but also raise questions about the nature of assessment of spatial knowledge. With respect to usability and motivation, VR demonstrates advantages over “traditional” teaching material.