Transitioning Escape Rooms to a Virtual Environment

Jared M. Kutzin, Jenny E. Sanders and Christopher G. Strother

Simulation & Gaming, 2021, vol. 52, issue 6, 796-806

Abstract: Escape room games have gained in popularity in both entertainment and education venues over the past several year. The global health pandemic put an abrupt end to in-person escape room programs due to the enclosed space in which they take place. In an attempt to continue to utilize the escape room concept we set about to create a virtual escape room using commonly available software and assessed its usability and participant feelings about the experience. The results indicated that the participants thought the escape room was engaging (88%), that they had to work as a team (95%), and that they overall enjoyed the experience (85%). Virtual experiences cannot completely replace in-person experiences, but there are ways to introduce important teamwork and communication concepts to participants and make online meetings and conferences more engaging.

Keywords: Escape Rooms; Virtual Escape Room; Online learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/10468781211035171

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