scholarly journals AR-LabOr: Design and Assessment of an Augmented Reality Application for Lab Orientation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 316
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nadeem ◽  
Amal Chandra ◽  
Audrey Livirya ◽  
Svetlana Beryozkina

Lab orientation is a vital part of learning for new students entering the university, as it provides the students with all the necessary and important information about the lab. The current orientation is manual, tedious, suffers from logistical constraints, lacks engagement, and provides no way to assess that outcomes have been achieved. This is also supported by the results of a student survey which revealed students’ dissatisfaction with current process of orientation. This study presents the design and development of a sample augmented reality mobile application, AR-LabOr, for the lab orientation that helps students in a quick and easy adaptation to the lab environment by familiarizing them with the lab equipment, staff, and safety rules in a fun and interactive manner. This application makes use of marker-less augmented reality technology and a blend of multimedia information such as sound, text, images, and videos that are superimposed on real-world contents. An experiment with 56 students showed that they found the novel method of orientation using the application more engaging than the traditional instructor-led method. Students also found the application to be more supportive, motivating, and that it helped them in better understanding the lab equipment.

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahmat Illahi ◽  
Leon Andretti Abdillah

Promotions provide explanations and convince potential customers about goods and services with the aim to gain attention, educate, remind and convince potential customers. In the process can be done through various facilitators such as brochures or by utilizing a technology, such as Augmented Reality technology. Augmented reality is a variation of a virtual environment or more commonly called Virtual Reality (VR). VR technology really keeps users immersed in a synthetic environment. When the user is immersed in the environment, the user cannot see the unreal world. In contrast, with AR technology the user can see the real world, with virtual objects being added to the real world. Bina Darma University is one of the universities in the city of Palembang that run educational activities. In the process of promoting new students admission, Bina Darma University using brochures and installing banners. The thing that supports the improvement of the promotion process is the ease of prospective new students obtained information about facilities and facilities at the university. Therefore, a facilitator should be required to introduce the Campus of Bina Darma University of Palembang and all the facilities available.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Ida Bhujangga Bagus Dili Putra ◽  
I Gede Arta Wibawa

Every year a lot of new students enter school. To introduce new students to the school environment, the school holds an event to introduce the school environment to make them know their school environment better. However, there are still students who do not know their school environment very well. In the school environment there are many buildings with different names and to remember all of them correctly is not easy and takes a lot of time to look at all of them. To Remember all the location of the buildings and its names, it would be better if there was a application that can visualize the buildings very well. Technologies that can provide visualization and is easy to use is Augmented Reality. Augmented Reality can display the whole school environment, making it easier to see all the buildings with their names in the school environment. AR can be easily used, user only need to install AR on their smartphone device. This AR application is marker-based so that user only need to scan the marker provided with the camera and the school environment and information can be displayed.


2021 ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Олександр Володимирович Каратанов ◽  
Андрій Миколайович Биков ◽  
Марія Вадимівна Сергієнко ◽  
Дмитро Михайлович Мірошниченко

This study examines augmented reality, which imposes on the world around us virtual objects, characters, filters, or other effects through a special camera. Currently, augmented reality is considered potential for pedagogical programs and it is beginning to gain momentum and be actively used. The use of augmented reality technology opens up new opportunities that increase productivity and efficiency in various industries, improve communication and knowledge transfer and make distance learning more comfortable and realistic. However, the factor of reducing the cost of production or the educational process due to the introduction of augmented reality is not yet fully disclosed and requires a detailed analysis, part of which is conducted in this paper. The existing types of augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies were analyzed, their comparison was made, the current place in the market was determined, as well as their influence and role in modern education. The paper presents examples of the use of augmented reality technology in various fields, including in production, which demonstrates a significant increase in efficiency and confirms the relevance. An overview of the premises and laboratories, which now use virtual and augmented reality technologies for the educational process. The article also describes the shortcomings of the educational process, which can be corrected by introducing augmented reality technology. The economic benefit of using augmented reality in the educational process on a real example was calculated, due to which the expediency of this implementation was proved. Elements of the educational process are considered, the replacement of which with augmented reality will make education cheaper, and this means more accessible. An example of markers used for an augmented reality application in the field of aircraft construction is given. The tendency of the application of augmented reality and use in the educational process for the next years is analyzed, the branches in which it can be applied are considered and the expediency of its use is confirmed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-55
Author(s):  
Yu. Yu. Dyulicheva

The purpose of the work is the investigation of the modern approaches to augmented reality usage in mathematics and physics learning and the development of mobile application with graphical tips in the augmented reality mode for solving the dynamics typical problems.Materials and methods. The review of the modern articles on the augmented reality usage for mathematics and physics learning is provided; the iOS applications usage in mathematics learning such as GeoGebraAR for second order surfaces learning; the game MultiplicationAR for the multiplication table studying in an fascinating way; VectorAR application for vectors, cross and dot products, Cartesian and skew coordinate systems learning and iOS apps for physics learning such as Physics-Lab for conducting of the experiments with electrical circuits connections in the augmented reality, astrophysics and electromagnetism learning; Galileo application for accompanying of the theoretical material in physics with experiments to demonstrate paradoxes in mechanics, gravitational slingshot etc.; Arious application for students’ acquaintance with famous physicists and their discoveries in the augmented reality are considered. The analysis of tools for lecturers that can be used for the augmented reality content creation, such as HP Reveal and web-application Augment is performed. It should be noted the high personal interests of lecturers for the augmented reality technology implementation.Results. In the course of the work, the difficulties encountered by students in the study of mathematics and physics and possibilities of the augmented reality usage to overcome these difficulties are studied. A mobile application with the ability to receive graphical tips for solving dynamics problems that aimed at students with difficulties of forces and their projections understanding is developed. The methods for the mobile application are developed based on the basic classes of ARKit framework such as SCNNode, SCNBox, SCNPlane, SCNText, SCNGeometry, SCNGeometryElement, SCNShape, SCNMaterial etc. To conduct the experiments a pilot group of 14 random students is created, 9 of which experienced difficulties in solving some types of dynamic problems. The results of the experiment show a positive attitude of students to use of the augmented reality. 7 of 9 students who had difficulties got the skills to solve typical dynamic problems. Conclusion. Based on results of the research, we can conclude about the effectiveness of the augmented reality usage for studying of the abstract concepts in mathematics and physics. The developed mobile application with graphical tips in the augmented reality mode has improved the students’ performance in the pilot group. The lecturers play an important role in the implementation of AR-technology in the educational process. They help to maintain the student’s interest to AR-technology throughout the lesson. The disadvantages of the augmented reality applications include their narrow focus on studying of specific process, phenomenon or concept. The results of research can be applied in the educational process for mathematics and physics learning in order to increase the motivation and interest of students.


2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (8) ◽  
pp. 624-627
Author(s):  
Steven J. Lysne ◽  
Brant G. Miller

We used personal mobile electronic devices (PMEDs) to engage students in a lesson to support evolutionary thinking in an undergraduate biology course. Community-college students enrolled in Biodiversity & Evolution, a core majors biology course, met for an optional field trip at the University of Idaho's McCall Outdoor Science School (MOSS) in central Idaho during the summer of 2014. Ten students participated in the classroom and outdoor activities. Students were provided with directions and objectives for the lesson, and students’ own PMEDs were used to capture images of the community of organisms in and around the outdoor campus. After returning from the field, students analyzed their digital data in the context of morphological similarities and differences to construct a phylogenetic hypothesis for the relationships of the organisms observed. Students’ comments were solicited regarding the activity, and feedback was generally positive. From the teachers’ perspective, students appeared highly engaged and the novel method was a success. We discuss the theoretical basis for using PMEDs and provide a detailed lesson plan.


Author(s):  
Hendra Pradibta

Education is one of the aspects that many synthesized with technology. Yet, this is contrary to the fact that where most of the learning materials are still based on text. This research aims to develop an alternative learning media by implementing Augmented Reality Technology for Preschooler students. Augmented Reality (AR) is an application that can combine the virtual object as text, pictures and animation into the real world. Development of Augmented Reality application uses Web Aurasma Based Studio, with learning materials of daily prayer for preschool student. The development of the characters and the animations were using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects. The results of the study showed that technology Augmented Reality can be used as an alternative learning media especially in the learning process in Preschool Al Furqon. This is because the content Augmented Reality in the form of animation can gives more understanding and attention for preschool student to follow the learning process


Author(s):  
Carsten Matysczok ◽  
Peter Ebbesmeyer ◽  
Holger Krumm ◽  
Jo¨rg Maciej

Recent advances have shown, that the base technology of augmented reality have matured the point of being usable only by specialists. But existing augmented reality applications are still prototypes. They are developed without any authoring system, only by software experts. To support the wide use of augmented reality technology, the designers of augmented reality application need methods and software tools to create the contents in a fast and cheap way. In this paper we describe an authoring system for creating augmented reality content in an easy and user friendly way. The system allows the creation of augmented reality applications in a straight forward way. By using meta-constructs like menus, selection lists or hotspots as well as illustration objects like 3D-models, videos, texts and sounds a variety of applications can be created without previous technological knowledge. A preview window is also part of the authoring system displaying the actual created AR-application.


Author(s):  
Nadiia Balyk ◽  
Inna Grod ◽  
Yaroslav Vasylenko ◽  
Galyna Shmyger ◽  
Vasyl Oleksiuk

The paper describes the concept of augmented reality. Based on literature analysis, the authors claim that augmented reality technology enriches human experiences with digital data. The introduction of augmented reality applications and services provides an opportunity to increase the realism of research, while also offering an enhanced emotional and cognitive experience. Therefore, it can be an effective tool for the organization of learning in schools, colleges and universities.Augmented reality technologies can be interesting as an object of study as well. To do this, scientists need to design, develop and test appropriate methodologies.This paper explores one of the components of such techniques. The authors analysed several platforms for creating augmented reality applications. Unity, Vuforia and 3d-Studio were chosen for the purpose of analysis. Using them, the authors developed a fragment of the content of education. It contains instructionsfor creating an augmented reality application. The paper contains the author’s account of the process of training future teachers of computer science at Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University (Ukraine). Based on the conducted study, the authors claim that students showed considerable interest in augmented reality technologies and the content of their training.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 698-703
Author(s):  
Andrzej Rypulak ◽  
Sebastian Kuźmicz

The article describes the course of works aimed at creating a mobile application using Mobile Augmented Reality technology supporting the training process of personnel servicing aircraft in the field of pre-flight aircraft inspections. The requirements for the application, selection of programming tools and mobile imaging devices are presented. At the end of the article the results of tests of applications on various mobile devices and their conclusions are presented.


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