{"id":15997,"date":"2023-05-02T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=15997"},"modified":"2023-05-05T12:27:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:27:57","slug":"live-lab-explores-new-horizons-in-game-based-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/02\/live-lab-explores-new-horizons-in-game-based-education\/","title":{"rendered":"LIVE Lab Explores New Horizons In Game-Based Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the beautifully rendered sci-fi landscape of \u201cVariant: Limits\u201d \u2014 with its high cliffs, colorful plant life and intricately designed buildings \u2014 it\u2019s hard to believe this game was created to teach calculus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the team members at Texas A&amp;M University\u2019s LIVE Lab, that impression means they\u2019ve done their job right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short for Learning Interactive Visualization Experience Lab, the student-staffed studio prides itself on its innovative approach to educational video game design, combining the artistic quality and fun factor of an entertainment product with the academic rigor of a college course. In the case of \u201cVariant,\u201d players explore a distant alien world, solving a variety of calculus-based puzzles to progress through each level and save the planet from impending catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe knew some students didn\u2019t learn very well just listening to a lecture, so we wanted to help students with a more interactive and fun way to learn calculus and help increase the amount of students passing calculus at college,\u201d said LIVE Lab project manager and visualization senior Gabby Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/today.tamu.edu\/2019\/02\/13\/university-students-who-play-calculus-video-game-score-higher-on-exams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">results<\/a> speak for themselves, said the lab\u2019s founder and director Andr\u00e9 Thomas, an associate professor of the practice of game design in A&amp;M\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a>. Thomas came to Aggieland in 2014 after a decades-long career in the movie and video game industries, lending his talents to such projects as \u201cMen in Black\u201d and EA Sports&#8217; \u201cMadden NFL\u201d series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, he\u2019s turned his focus to the creation of high-quality educational video games and other interactive experiences, finding plenty of help from students in A&amp;M\u2019s award-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/academics\/disciplines\/visualization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visualization program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBack when I worked at EA, I would hire a lot of Aggies to be interns and employees,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cI always say you can never do better than to hire an Aggie, because they\u2019re good problem solvers, good communicators and good leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For those with the motivation to join Thomas and his team, the lab can provide a career head start, giving students a chance to make money working in a professional studio setting while honing their craft on a variety of games and other projects \u2014 all before they ever receive their degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAndr\u00e9 really wants to push us and keep us at the front of what\u2019s going on in technology, and give us the experience of working with other students as if we were already in the industry,\u201d Fisher said. \u201cBeing here really gives me that hands-on experience to know what it\u2019s going to be like when I do enter the workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE Lab explores new horizons in game-based education\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/824084975?h=eda170c12c&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video by Emily Caroline Sartin, Texas A&amp;M Division of Marketing and Communications<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-inside-the-lab\">Inside The Lab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the glass door marked \u201cLIVE Lab\u201d in a corner of the Langford Architecture Center\u2019s Building C, visitors may notice the rows of computers and screens, many of them decorated with stickers, toys and other touches of personality that give the space a more lived-in look than the building\u2019s other computer labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside, the group of artists, animators, programmers and designers that call this space home can be found working in concert, pausing every so often to exchange an equal mix of ideas, jokes and constructive feedback. The atmosphere is communal and lively, but productive at the same time. That\u2019s exactly the way they like it, says Fisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe best part about the work environment is the people,\u201d she said. \u201cThe people that work here are really awesome, nice, collaborative people that are here to get work done but to have a good time too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of the team members were drawn to the LIVE Lab by a longtime love of video games, and most have ambitions of working in the games industry or a related field when they graduate, said Jocylin Lopez, the lab\u2019s marketing lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LIVE Lab was the birthplace of A&amp;M\u2019s world-record-holding game jam competition, <a href=\"https:\/\/today.tamu.edu\/2023\/02\/28\/chillennium-2023-draws-aspiring-game-designers-from-across-the-country-for-48-hours-of-fun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chillennium<\/a>, and many of its student employees continue to play a key role in hosting the event each year, forging connections with industry sponsors and representatives in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to get into the games industry as an artist or someone who manages artists, and I definitely think those connections will help me learn how to get into the industry,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cSo you get the experience for your resume, but you also get to meet a lot of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lab\u2019s own original games \u2014&nbsp;distributed by the Thomas-led publishing company <a href=\"https:\/\/triseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Triseum<\/a> \u2014 have found considerable success in high school and college classrooms around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to \u201cVariant,\u201d whose novel approach to math education <a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/i-learned-calculus-with-a-video-game-and-it-was-surpri-1797982791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">caught the attention<\/a> of major video game news outlets in the late 2010s, the lab is also responsible for the ongoing \u201cART\u00e9\u201d franchise \u2014 a series of games allowing players to experience different eras of art history while learning more about famous works of art and the societies that produced them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cInstead of sitting through those art history lectures where you see painting after painting with fact after fact about who made it in what year, you get to go in and experience what it was like to be an artist or to buy and sell art during different time periods throughout history,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ultimately, Thomas said, the goal is to push the boundaries of what audiences have come to expect from educational games, creating experiences specifically tailored for older, more discerning students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are lots of educational games out there for younger learners but not so many for older students, because the content is much more complicated and the expectations of the players are also significantly higher,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cSo we wanted to see if we could create a high production value game, similar to something like EA would put out, with the budget and the time we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team brings that same level of attention to other pursuits, Fisher said. The lab accepts projects from a variety of outside clients, generating funds for future game projects and allowing students to apply their creative skills to a diverse array of digital tools and experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These have ranged from artistic and imaginative \u2014 like the animated <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/686422475?embedded=true&amp;source=video_title&amp;owner=62982013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">short film<\/a> highlighting the work of a central Texas child therapy center \u2014 to highly technical and precise, like creating a detailed digital replica of an oil rig that inspectors can use to identify potential safety hazards and parts that need replacing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re lucky to work with students that are able to create these intricate 3D tools,\u201d Fisher said. \u201cThey\u2019ll go out and take photos of an environment and create a digital representation of that exact thing. It\u2019s useful for situations where people aren\u2019t able to go out and see the place in person, but they need to view it \u2014 we\u2019re the people who can make that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the lab\u2019s current projects originated during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, but has since grown into something much larger. Once complete, it will help share one of Texas A&amp;M\u2019s signature programs with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Andre-with-student-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A professor points at a computer screen while seated next to a college student on his left.\" class=\"wp-image-15999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Andre-with-student-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Andre-with-student-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Andre-with-student-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Andre-with-student-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/app\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Andre-with-student-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Andr\u00e9 Thomas and Macey McCuller, senior visualization student, at the LIVE Lab. Photo by Laura McKenzie\/Texas A&amp;M University Division of Marketing &amp; Communications.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-virtual-disaster-day\">Virtual Disaster Day<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than a decade, Texas A&amp;M\u2019s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/teex.org\/about-us\/disaster-city\/#:~:text=Located%20in%20College%20Station%2C%20Texas,by%20today's%20emergency%20response%20professionals.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disaster Day<\/a> program has given aspiring nurses, doctors and other health profession students a chance to test their skills in a realistic disaster simulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aggies have simulated hurricanes, industrial accidents and other disasters both natural and man-made, treating dozens of volunteer \u201cpatients\u201d complete with movie-makeup wounds. But in 2021, when the event was canceled due to the real-life disaster caused by COVID-19, organizers turned to the LIVE Lab for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the pandemic hit, they weren\u2019t able to do it in person anymore, so with about two months left, they came to us and said, \u2018How can we make this virtual so that people can still experience it without being exposed?\u2019\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That year\u2019s virtual Disaster Day featured a slightly more off-the-wall scenario conveyed through video clips, as LIVE Lab students created an animated simulation of a meteor strike in Downtown Bryan and brought in a local news anchor to provide details on the unfolding disaster through scripted \u201cbreaking news\u201d segments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clips helped spice up what could have been a dry virtual exercise, but the students at the LIVE Lab knew they could do even more if they had the time and resources. Since then, the lab has been working with postdoctoral researcher Dr. Michael Rugh and his team of undergraduate researchers to create a more extensive online Disaster Day simulation, constructing a virtual version of the simulation and a host of virtual victims in need of treatment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rugh said he and his team are trying to make the experience as true to life as possible, while focusing largely on \u201ccommunication and collaboration for the betterment of patients.\u201d The project has involved extensive research in the areas of interprofessional collaboration, nursing, medicine, public health, pharmacy, dentistry and emergency response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re looking for is immersion,\u201d Rugh said. \u201cI have learned a surprising amount of medical knowledge that I never thought I\u2019d have to learn,\u201d from the basic principles of triage to advanced surgical procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It won\u2019t be a substitute for the live Disaster Day event, but ultimately it\u2019s not meant to be. Rugh said the main value of a virtual tool like this is that it can one day be used at other universities and institutions around the nation, many of which don\u2019t have the funding or the volunteers to stage a large-scale disaster simulation with live actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are lots of universities that don\u2019t have the resources that Texas A&amp;M does, so I think our game can really help out there,\u201d Rugh said. \u201cWe can provide access to high-quality health care training for professionals and students across the country, semester after semester, without needing to retrain live actors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the team at the LIVE Lab, the project represents another chance to keep pushing the boundaries of virtual education \u2014 all while building crucial skills that the students will use in their future careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEvery student that leaves us, it\u2019s always a sad moment, but it&#8217;s also a joyful moment,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cSo far, we have a 100% success rate of students coming from the lab and getting a job in their field of study. 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