MyChicFarm
MyChicFarm is an augmented reality game developed by DEI Lab at UC3M where players (farmers) wear Hololens glasses to grow chicory crops and make the most money out of them.
The farmer starts with a certain amount of money that can be used to buy chicory seeds. Seeds have to be planted, grown, collected, and sold in the market. The price in the market would vary based on the quality of the crops that are affected by events like droughts, rain, or the amount of pesticide used to defend the plantation from plagues. To ensure the quality of the next crop the player can invest part of the money in NPBTs and produce health-related products such as inulin and terpenes. All these mini-games are played using natural interfaces based on gestures.
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CHIC Days at Colegio Virgen de Europa in Spain
On 18 March 2022, the school Virgen de Europa with a capacity of more than 1500 students located in Boadilla del Monte, 25 km west of Madrid, Spain, hosted a special CHIC augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) demonstration. During the CHIC Days event, around 40 students in total, aged 16-18, from the Bachelor of Sciences and the Bachelor of Technology, were introduced to the CHIC project’s aims and objectives.
CHIC Partners Visit 2 Secondary Schools in the Netherlands to Showcase AR Game
An augmented reality (AR) game was developed for the CHIC project to allow students, or the young generation, to learn more about new genome editing techniques and, of course, learn more about the CHIC project. Developed by DEI Lab at UC3M in Spain, MyCHICFarm allows users to grow chicory crops and make the most money by planting chicory using Microsoft’s Hololens. In short, a farmer (user) starts with a fixed amount of money to buy chicory seeds, plant them, grow them, collect them, and then sell them in the market. Based on the quality of crops, the price change. It is also affected by unexpected events such as droughts, rain, and insects, for example. The game also includes a way to utilize CRISPR/Cas technique on plant DNA.
Events
06/04/2022 – Concertado de Educación Infantil, Murcia, Spain
05/04/2022 – Colegio Miguel de Cervantes, Murcia, Spain
18/03/2022 – Colegio Virgen de Europa, Madrid, Spain
14/03/2022 – Salón Internacional del Estudiante y de la Oferta Educativa, Madrid, Spain
28/09/2021 – Alberdingk Thijm Scholen, Laren, The Netherlands
30/09/2021 – Sg Spieringshoek, Schiedam, The Netherlands
March, 2020: Stand Comunidad de Madrid at AULA 2020
This project has received funding from the EU Horizon 2020 research & innovation programme under grant agreement N. 760891.