Researchers use open source virtual world for language teaching
October 14, 2008 (11:00:00 PM) - 8 months, 3 weeks ago
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An international team of researchers is using a wireless open source virtual world to help promote language learning and let students practice.
Dubbed ‘Realtown’, the newly developed wireless environment incorporates a virtual supermarket, schools, pharmacy, and bank, as well as background sounds that may be enabled to increase the environment’s realism.