THE PROJECT
The ChemTouch project was launched in 2020, as part of a Pedagogical Innovation Project (PIP) funded by Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon (IST-UL).
This pioneering teaching project, involved a multidisciplinary team composed of organic chemists and informatics, and aimed at teaching organic chemistry under a virtual reality environment.
The background of the project was an educational game developed under the Master Thesis Touch on chemistry: Game to teach organic chemistry in virtual reality in 2018.
Touch on chemistry. The first version of the game to teach organic chemistry.
SOFTWARE
In the project ChemTouch the game was optimized and will be soon available for download.
ChemTouch. Demo of one of the latest versions.
OUTREACH
The ChemTouch project was already tested by Chemical Engineering students and by many young students, at public sessions dedicated to science divulgation, such as Noite Europeia dos Investigadores, FICA and Dia do Técnico.
ChemTouch divulgation at Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2021 in Oeiras, by Prof. Vasco Bonifácio and Gonçalo Gaspar.