Complex System Simulation Framework for SharedAugmented Reality Applications

Abstract

Complex systems perspectives are a tool that give an individual the ability to better understand the outcomes of actions on both the environment and other actors within the system. These perspectives are rarely given an opportunity to develop within educational environments, and many students lack this perspective. System simulations to aid in the development of complex systems perspectives have been created in the past. These past simulations, however, fail to provide either an immersive of expansive experience for the students. The We’re In This Together (WIT) team is addressing these issues by developing complex system simulations for mixed reality headsets to be used in a classroom setting. This project specifically focuses on the subtask of creating a programmatic interface for simulation data to be updated and shared uniformly across devices. This interface will be usable by developers to create their own customized simulations.