Visualising mixed reality simulation for multiple users

Blended reality seeks to encourage co-presence in the classroom, blending student experience across
virtual and physical worlds. In a similar way, Mixed Reality, a continuum between virtual and real
environments, is now allowing learners to work in both the physical and the digital world
simultaneously, especially when combined with an immersive headset experience. This experience
provides innovative new experiences for learning, but faces the challenge that most of these
experiences are single user, leaving others outside the new environment. The question therefore
becomes, how can a mixed reality simulation be experienced by multiple users, and how can we present
that simulation effectively to users to create a true blended reality environment? This paper proposes a
study that uses existing screen production research into the user and spectator to produce a mixed
reality simulation suitable for multiple users. A research method using Design Based Research is also
presented to assess the usability of the approach.