MathVR: Visualising the Abstract With Games Tech

Academic 6:15pm 15 min

For decades, students have learned linear algebra through flat, two-dimensional representations of fundamentally three-dimensional concepts. MathVR reimagines the experience by placing students inside the mathematics itself. Through immersive virtual reality, full hand presence and natural movement, learners can interact directly with vectors and operations in three-dimensional space, making complex mathematical relationships more intuitive while remaining accessible to students encountering linear algebra for the first time.

Speaker

Dr. Matt Cabanag

Dr. Matt Cabanag

Associate Lecturer · UNSW Art & Design

Matt Cabanag is an international award-winning creative technologist. He completed a PhD in Human-Autonomy Teaming at Western Sydney University's MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development. He is an Education Focused Associate Lecturer at UNSW Art & Design, teaching in the Master of Simulation and Immersive Technologies. He primarily covers AR/VR design and development using Meta Quest, Unity and OpenXR.