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10 INDUSTRIES THAT WILL EMBRACE AR IN 2018

PART 2: EDUCATION

WHAT IS AR?
What is Augmented reality? For most of people it is still
abstract and exotic technology for today. We often see such
kind of concept in Hollywood sci-fi films. All those
holograms, and displays seem so futuristic. So no one
believes that some of them are already here. But they are.
The whole digital layer of AR change is in connection to real
world changes. And we are sure that AR will be a game
changer in business and entrepreneurship.  most promising technology of this decade.
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 AUGMENTED REALITY IN EDUCATION -
WHY TO USE?
Augmented reality in education will soon revolt learning as we
know it. AR will fully change location and timing of study
process  and open additional ways and methods. Finally, AR
capabilities may make classes more transformational and
engaging.   

Educators know for sure that learning can’t include just learning
and reading parts. It should have creative and interactive
elements as well. Meanwhile there is for no need pedagogues
  to become students’ best friend to get them involved into
science. Everything pedagogues need is to get students
interested in subject and AR helps it a lot.
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AUGMENTED REALITY IN EDUCATION

Nowadays 71% of people from 16 to 24 years in the U.S. have smartphones. Most of them are active smartphone
users that use these gadgets to enter social platforms, play games and to be in connection with friends and
relatives. But meantime less part of them use their smartphones in the learning process to find some help for
homework, receive extra info about subject, etc…

Perspective of engaging smartphones and usage of  augmented reality for education  process is amazing, but
meantime only few educators really move this way. AR may help in various ways to give students and pupils extra
digital information about any subject, while making complex information is easier to understand.

Nowadays we may find some excellent examples of augmented reality in education usage worldwide. Ability to
connect reality and digital content has slowly become true and opens more options for pedagogues and students.

Augmented Reality Classroom

Pedagogues are trying to start using augmented reality in classroom lessons, commonly, to support their classes
material with AR features.

It may entrap attention of students as well as motivate them to study. Adding extra information like short
biography of a person, some facts about various kinds of stuff, geolocation of historical events or visual models of
math concept would give student wider understanding about the topic.

Oleksy and Wnuk by using AR tech were able to recreate historical places of Warsaw, Poland. Students saw via
their mobile devices streets of Poland and might go for a walk there.
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By doing homework, receiving a deeper understanding of homework, students may scan pages of homework to
receive text, audio or video tips from their teachers that may assist them in solving problems.

By scanning photos of teachers and students on board students may get extra information related to them. It may
help make tighter connections in the group.

Using AR to scan cover of book students may get a short overview of a book and decide would they need it or not.

Layar and Wikitude AR Browsers enable to provide short reviews of books and magazines when their covers are
scanned by applications.

Explain abstract and difficult concepts

AR technology has an ability to render in 3D model anything that may be hardly visualized in a classroom, at a
computer, in minds of students. Inverse abstract and difficult content in visual models help students get deeper
understanding about lesson topic.

That works especially good with visual learners and also helps others get alternative ways of integration theoretical
material into real concept.

Polytechnic Institute of Leiria integrates AR technology into education process to support oral and text explainings
of math to students. Those who worked with AR applications found that process as easy, intuitive and interesting.

Involving and interacting

Including AR into lessons may help educators directly involve students into the studying process by interacting 3D
model. Taking part in such kind of things helps motivate students, capture their attention for the whole augmented
reality classes and helps them understand subject deeper.
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Interaction with AR may be part of lesson like a teaser, support of main topic providing extra info to students or be
the main content of a lesson.

Canadian tech company CASE transformed a wall of school gym into huge skee-ball game by adding augmented
reality layer to it. Therefore, children should launch rubber balls onto wall to destroy model of floating shapes
visualized on it by the projector.

Discover and Learn

Visitors of museums by using their mobiles may access AR and discover historical events by exploring various
additional content in connection to objects. AR provides visitors with extra information about what they see, or
even allows to virtually equip some stuff to themselves or take tour to the past.

On the other side museums mostly can not show whole collection to visitors due to space limitation, lack of
resources or just high value of objects. Using AR capabilities provides great opportunities for museums to present
more than it is possible in normal conditions.

Augmented reality give visitors ability to use their mobile devices as pocket-tool through which area around them
receive endless additional layers of information.

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Objects modeling
Manual elements in education, such as the usage of their hands in practice or solving some quiz, may help learners
better understand a lesson. By using apps medical students may easily learn human anatomy. Usage augmented
reality in education enable them exploring different parts of body individually and discover its unique features.   

AR allows students to interact with 3D model. Whatever, rotating, customizing it by setting transparency, changing
colours, styles and even parts.

Finally, by using special gadgets, for example hololens instead of smart phones, students may explore the same
AR model.

Interactive books
AR books provide deeper understanding of complex content. It also help make process of learning brighter and
engaging.

Sadly but, reading common books didn’t motivate children to study science. If so, using books that includes digital
AR content can make a deal. For example, revising pages through devices that support AR features may give
access to additional content. As a result,  springing to life 3D models with animations, sound and interaction
actions attracts children attention.
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Skills training
In many cases theoretical knowledge is hardly enough to become a good specialist in the wide range of
professions.

In measure to give students skills they need in practice education system should change. So, today concepts of
teaching should move to way more active position. Finally, as more practical learning method would be included
in learning process as less students would stay as passive observers.

Technical students need practice and hand-on experience to get skills of maintenance and assembly suitable for
their profession. Sadly, but often skills can’t be practiced in a classroom.

In addition, using AR features may help them by virtual study and practice with fully digital content, or additional
3D models linked to real parts. AR tutorial animations and graphic content also may give extra knowledge about
new methods and innovation concepts.

Meantime, AR technology could create different situations and simulations suitable for practical process where
students may acquire some experience.

Summary
It is not a secret to any pedagogue that more motivated and engaged learners always understand subject better
and learn faster. Their attention and energy concentrate on studying process as educator keeps them engaged
and interested. So augmented reality in education process provide huge benefits to all learners.
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AUGMENTED REALITY EDUCATION APPS

In wide number of causes by augmented reality in education are presented 3 main categories of apps:

• First, the most serious, heavy and specialized, best suitable for students’ needs.

• Second, easy and colorful, created for kids and children to engage them into learning.

• The last one, the best for everyone in polishing some knowledge and skills.

Examples of AR student app

Elements 4D

Elements 4D are developed by DAQRI studio. Application supports students in exploring fields of chemistry
subjects by allowing to combine different elements to see how they react in reality. To start it, the teacher and
students should have special triggers on printed cards.

Moreover, DAQRI’s website has lessons plans with the usage application which is suitable not just for high school,
but also for secondary and elementary.

Elements 4D available for Android and iOS.


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Anatomy 4D

Best suitable for medical students’ needs. By scanning printed targets application shows 3D model of human body
and allows to interact with it. Users may customize any part of human body, look how parts fits, how different are
joint moves and how function human organs.  

Anatomy 4D on iOS and Android.

Corinth Micro Anatomy

This is another human body anatomy application that may be interesting for medical learners. Application creates
interactive models of human body while aiming at special triggers on paper. Organs may be shown one by one or
in connection with other systems for better explaining how it works in general.

Available for Windows Mobile.

Human Heart 3D

Another AR anatomy application with much shorter content base, but much deeper. Students may explore human
heart in details. 3D model of heart completed with animation to view how it works, using support of text tips with
explanations about heart’s functionality and anatomy.

Available on Android.
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AugThat

Designed by a former teacher, that application allows  using augmented reality in the classroomlessons boost
education process. AugThat mainly targets students that shows the lowest motivation. Application helps teachers
involve them in fields of  augmented reality science education. AugThat obtained different lessons in various
formats that include 360° virtual photos and 3D experience.

AugThat on Android and iOS.

CARE
It includes a wide range of lectures, tutorials and lessons completed with AR features to use all materials in
education purpose. It’s mainly composed of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math parts. Students may learn
from various animated material and use 4D modelling options to visualize some parts of text.

CARE on Android and iOS.

Experience Chemistry
Chemical puzzle quest is suitable for students. To progress through levels users should make certain reactions with
various ingredients and elements.

The main features of that application allow to use for reaction any chemical elements users want to interact with.
But meantime they should choose the right one to complete tasks. So, Experience Chemistry helps promote
memory of chemical elements and teach them what reactions they may undergo.

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TOOLS TO CREATE AR CONTENT FOR EDUCATION

There is a category of AR apps that isn’t developed to serve education for itself but it may be used as a basic tool
to create augmented reality for learning and studying various subjects.

Augment

Augment AR tools have few packs suitable for education purpose in schools and universities. It’s mainly focuses on
providing users with the ability to visualize 3D models. But, application also supports users with all  tools that
anyone require to represent existing models or design different own one.

Augment on Android and iOS.

ZVR
Powerful tool by Zspace company is developed with a wide toolkit for creating education materials. Students,
supported with special glasses and styles, may interact with AR objects to customize them, rotate, move etc.

Though it is developed mainly for education there is no doubt that others like engineers and designers adopt it for
their own needs.

Daqri Sudio
The application developed by DARQI is a heavy creative tool in making own AR education projects. The best
examples of these education apps for classroom are Anatomy 4D and Elements 4D.

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Blippar
AR creation tool which has already been used in different education projects. It also have partnerships with
different printed media and magazines. Blippar enables to review the main topic of those as 3D interactive model.
Visualization and interaction works well in purpose for deeper and better understanding of the text.  

Aurasma and Layar
These are two most powerful and popular tools to create AR content. Both of them may be used for various things,
not just for education. But to anyone who wants to try himself in creation AR content it is recommended to start
with those two. Both of them have most user-friendly constructors, also supported with tons of guides and
tutorials.

AR content may be designed only via web-based Layar Creator.

For example as image, video or an interactive pop-up to make a phone call. Moreover, app enable  to send a
message or email, etc.By scanning triggers users may explore AR content that includes YouTube videos, audio
tracks, images, https links, 3D models etc.AR content created via Layar Creator may be marked as public one. Then
anyone who scans trigger image may experience it.

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CONCLUSION

Despite widespread use of AR in other spheres of life, usage augmented reality in education field is a bit new.  To
sum up, augmented reality teaching  options are truly amazing. They provide new ways for both teaching and
learning.

Educators get in hand useful tool that may entrap attention of their students and give them motivation to study in
the classroom as well as outside it.

In addition, students get tools to visualize abstract and complex concepts of different subjects and chances to
receive practical skills by manipulating and interacting with AR content.

Parents also get the chance to engage their children in studying through the playing and learning method.