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4.3 CALCFLOW

Provider Nanome Inc.

Nanome on STEAM, Viveport, Oculus plat-
Platforms
forms
Oculus Rift, Oculus Go, Gear VR, HTC Vive, OS,
Hardware systems
Windows 10
Source: https://store.steampowered.com/app/547280/Calcflow/

Source: https://store.steampowered.com/app/547280/Calcflow/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1
Languages:  ENG  ESP ☐ FRA  GER  ITA ☐ POL ☐ OTHER:

Calcflow is a virtual reality application aimed at exploring mathematical theorems and scenar-
ios in an interactive virtual reality environment. You are given various different scenes, in
which you can learn about both beginner and advanced calculus in an interactive manner. It
has everything from vector addition to integrals, to plane mapping. It also teaches concepts
What you learn:
like Mobius strips and allow to work with parameterized functions. Therefore, it helps to learn
mathematical concepts in an engaging way: it takes an idea or a formula and makes it into an
object, rich with depth and complexity; it allows to see how different variations in mathemat-
ical concepts affect the world.

Calcflow allows to study and visualize vector calculus in an interactive and accessible environ-
ment. Visualization plays a crucial role in understanding, mastering, and improving upon
mathematical concepts. Users can manipulate inputs and parameters and observe changes
How you learn:
to 3D visualizations in real-time. Therefore, the possibility provided by this software to ma-
nipulate 3D Graphs enhances SEN students’ learning process, as for this target group the
learning-by-doing methodologies are more.
User-friendliness Pedagogic orientation Applicability potential
 Improve learning, the app  Great way to analyse and  Software creation for many
helps to grasp the biggest visualize some of the more fields of application
ideas in vector calculus abstract mathematical con-  Thanks to its user-friendli-
 Intuitive VR interface for cepts, dealing with 3-di- ness the app is suitable for
STRENGTHS:
vector calculus. mensional math equations teachers, trainers and most
 Improve the spatial visuali- targets of SEN learners
zation capabilities of geo-
metric figures
! Dependence on the hard- ! Difficult to be used by SEN ! Require qualified teaching
ware platform students on their own for staff in vector calculus to
WEAKNESSES: self-learning, but they al- mentor the learning pro-
! Discontinuous updates
ways need the support of cess
the teacher
 Links between different de-  Turn math into a hands-on  Elements of AR have also
OPPORTUNITIES: vices activity (more engaging for been added
SEN students)
! Potential problems such as ! Failure to achieve the re- ! Small delays (latencies)
the Collection of personal quired learning objectives and small inaccuracies of
information the gyroscope it is good to
THREATS:
! Possible malware inser- move slowly and alternate
tions within the application the virtual immersion ac-
update tivity with pauses

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