PhysicsWorld: realidade virtual imersiva sobre colisões elásticas e inelásticas em aulas de física

• Flávio Miranda de Farias IFAC
• Luis Gustavo F. da Silva IFAC
• Erland D’ avila Nascimento IFAC
• Amanda Borges Centro Universitário Estácio de Sá
• Debora C. Muchaluat-Saade UFF

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/webmedia_estendido.2026.33692

Resumo

Physics education faces challenges related to abstract concepts such as elastic and inelastic collisions. Virtual Reality (VR) can provide immersive simulations to support learning by visualizing and interacting with these phenomena. This paper presents the development and evaluation of Physic-World, a standalone open-source VR application for Meta Quest 3 with native hand tracking, designed to simulate physical collisions for high school students. An experiment was conducted with 32 students, organized into missions involving collision setup and observation. The evaluation used the System Usability Scale (SUS), the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ-S), and a perception questionnaire. Results showed a 100% task completion rate, a SUS score of 76.9, and an excellent user experience in both pragmatic and hedonic dimensions (above 1.8). Furthermore, 91% of the students perceived the tool as a valuable complement to classroom activities (sum of ’Agree’ and ’Strongly Agree’). The findings indicate that PhysicWorld has strong educational viability and the potential to effectively support physics teaching in school settings.

Palavras-chave: Physics education, Virtual Reality, SUS, UEQ

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