The Impact of Using zSpace System as a Virtual Learning Environment in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study

Table 1

Teaching processes.

Days	Experimental group	Control group
The solar system lesson
1	(i) Students’ study by using zSpace through a virtual reality monitor, computer, and 3D glasses provides them with a realistic learning environment with the explanation and guidance from the teacher of the lesson.	(i) The teachers explain the lesson by using basic tools such as textbooks and some additional classroom teaching tools like models, multimedia, and whiteboard.
	(ii) Students were able to move between the planets using the zSpace and clearly see the terrain of each planet.	(ii) The teacher demonstrates via multimedia (video) to the students and explains the planets and how they revolve around the Sun.
	(iii) Students see how the planets revolve around the Sun and how night and day occur on planet Earth as in Figure 3.	(iii) Students draw the paths of the planets after watching the video.
2	(i) Students are given a surprise traditional paper test consisting of multiple-choice questions without any study or any prior preparation by the student.
The volcanoes lesson
3	(i) Students’ study by using zSpace through a virtual reality monitor, computer, and 3D glasses provides them with a realistic learning environment with the explanation and guidance from the lesson teacher.	(i) The teachers explain the lesson by using basic tools such as textbooks and some additional classroom teaching tools like models, multimedia and whiteboard
	(ii) Students were able to see the volcano parts in 3D and separate the volcano parts from each other using the pen of the zSpace as in Figure 4.	(ii) The teacher explained to students the parts of a volcano and how it erupted through pictures shown from a projector
	(iii) Students were able to experience an eruption of the volcano and see how smoke rose from the crater	(iii) The teacher clarifies to students the volcano locations on the globe.
		(iv) The students drew the parts of the volcano after the lesson.
4	(i) Students are given a surprise traditional paper test consisting of multiple-choice questions without any study or any prior preparation by the student.
5	(i) Surveys and interviews were conducted to find out the satisfaction of students and teachers of the zSpace.