A virtual reality web environment create tovisualize Archimedean Polyhedra and their Catalan duals

This paper shows the use of web resources to create environments for visualizing Archimedean polyhedra and the respective Catalan duals. These environments were created using Virtual Reality (VR) resources, which allow the visitor to manipulate the polyhedra and compare the polyhedra and their duals...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siqueira, Paulo Henrique
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Químicas y Naturales 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.fceqyn.unam.edu.ar/recyt/index.php/recyt/article/view/830
Description
Summary:This paper shows the use of web resources to create environments for visualizing Archimedean polyhedra and the respective Catalan duals. These environments were created using Virtual Reality (VR) resources, which allow the visitor to manipulate the polyhedra and compare the polyhedra and their duals. Geometric transformations of translation and rotation were used to build the virtual rooms, using HTML page hierarchies structures, and inserting each polyhedron in its respective virtual room. The resources presented in this work can be used in the classroom to visualize polyhedra with immersive goggles and even in Augmented Reality (AR) using smartphones and tablets. Other studies that can be developed with the polyhedra modeled in this article are areas, volumes, plane sections and the Euler relation. This article shows the possibility of creating teaching materials with a simple, free technology that makes a great contribution to improving the teaching of Geometry, as well as other areas that use graphic representations of 3D objects.