Data underlying the BSc thesis: Dynamically Transparent Ghost Instructors and Their Effect on Learning and Skill Retention in Virtual Reality Environments

The bachelor thesis aimed to explore the effect that dynamically transparent ghost instructors can have on the learning and retention of skills in Virtual Reality environments. Ghost instructors are shown to the student as a semi-transparent ghost avatar superimposed on the student's avatar so that students may see and imitate the intended movement from a first-person perspective. The research contrasts the effect of statically transparent (constant transparency) ghost instructors with that of dynamically transparent (transparency depends on student performance) ghost instructors through a user study in which students were taught to trace a 3D curve in a virtual environment. The data collected was logged based on information about this virtual environment, such as student and ghost locations, the error between them, and the resulting ghost transparency. The data files consist of two parts: a partial-CSV header providing trial information, followed by CSV-formatted logs.

本学士学位论文旨在探究动态透明幽灵导师（ghost instructors）对虚拟现实（Virtual Reality）环境中技能学习与保持效果的影响。幽灵导师以半透明幽灵化身的形式叠加于学生化身之上呈现给学习者，使学生能够以第一人称视角观察并模仿目标动作。本研究依托一项用户实验，对比了静态透明（constant transparency）幽灵导师与动态透明（transparency depends on student performance）幽灵导师的教学效果，实验任务为要求学习者在虚拟环境中临摹三维曲线。所采集的数据基于该虚拟环境中的相关信息进行记录，涵盖学生与幽灵导师的位置坐标、二者间的误差值以及幽灵导师的实时透明度参数。数据文件包含两部分：首先是用于提供实验试次信息的部分格式CSV表头，随后为CSV格式的日志记录。