| Abstract |
the continued development of traditional education environments into smart ones is gaining tremendous speed with the rapid advances in technology. This paper explores the importance of immersive learning environment as an educational infrastructure for smart cities. It discusses the requirements for the smart city and suggests a bi-directional link between the physical environment and the immersive virtual environment. It gives example scenarios based on linking location services to a virtual world. Based on prior work on intelligent pedagogical agents, it suggests a non-conventional smart interface for smart city services and in particular for educational needs. The proposed architecture enables the integration of various new application scenarios and potential new services such as contextual navigation support, augmented attendance, locating collaborating peers, and serving learners with special needs. |
