Download - Education apps by ARworks
Augmented Reality and other Next Gen
Smartphone technologies
in primary/secondary schools
Proposal from
Foreword
• Tablets and apps have already entered schools, but the best way to use them is still „under development”. One of the most promising option is using them to illustrate/demonstrate learning material in a 3 dimensional, animated, real-life looking way. That is, using Augmented Reality – AR.
• In the following we will present you with a general overview and some concepts, ideas on how to do this.
• The objective of this material is to show you the potential of AR in education – so we can have a personal meeting, receive your comments and insights and step forward to develop the best tablet application for schools ever made.
AR is the answer
• Students’ interest is harder and harder to raise
• Traditional visual representation (written text,
drawing, images) are not effective anymore,
since students get used to and live in visually
rich multimedia world
• They’re using, tablets, pc-s with strong,
animated interactive content in their other
activities – these are the channels they’re
used to, the way their interest can be raised,
and information, knowledge can be shown and
transferred
• Tablets and Augmented Reality Apps are the
perfect answer to the visual stimulus need of
the students
Education Augmenting Methods
The 3 main ways to use AR Apps throughout the learning
process is the following:
• Talking heads – teachers
– Instead of reading, each and every page of the book
and the pictures, illustrations on them are talking to
the student when the tablet is being hold on them.
• 3d simulations
– 3 dimensional animations, demonstrating otherwise
invisible, too big or too small objects, actions
appearing on the pages of the textbook
– Placing the student in the middle of the lesson– like
he is traveling among/ within the subject’s virtual 3d
world
• 3d interactive models with hotspots
– Instead of the 2 dimensional drawings, 3 dimensional
models of the subject with clickable info hotspots
appear on the pages, to help to understand the
lesson.
Subject example
• On the following slides – sorted by subjects - we
present some of the possible solutions to give you a
deeper understanding of the possibilities
• Solutions are mostly interchangeable between
subjects.(The ideas mentioned concerning a certain
subject can be adapted to other ones as well.)
• By clicking on the video links, you can watch exising
solutions for our concepts
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Summary of Concepts by Subjects
3D book
Molecules Photo Live Ancient Scenes
Explorer Yearbook LiveFloor map
Geomagic
bodypARts
Virtual Tour
Animals insideARMechanisms Magical Journey
SafeLab
Colours
Pointing the tablet/smartphone on printed materials, organs of the
body appears in 3d on the screen. The given organ can be
rotated by moving the printed 2d picture – and moving closer is
like zooming in with a microscope. By touching the labels more
detailed info is displayed.
watch video
3D Bodyparts
watch video
Enhance the pictures in the biology book with demonstrations of
any organ - with interactive 3D animations. Students can take a
look inside of the given organ, in order to better understand its
mechanisms and functions.
3Dbook
Show the characteristics, sceleton structure etc. of the animals
with spectacular animations. Thus even long-extincted species
can be brought alive. Students can even interact or take a photo
with them.
watch video
Animals
Biology
Some other ideas:
• Presenting human body and animals in 3D
• 3d working model of organs that can be interactively
• rotated
• Layers and Hot spots tell more
• xRay function to see through the shell of the body
• …
Mechanisms
Demonstrate huge objects, spacecrafts and their
construction/working mechanism in 3D. This way even planets and
the solar system can be „brought closer” to students.
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After pointing the tablet on a complex object - exhibited in the
classroom (eg. a circuit board) -, on the live camera the student
can identify the different parts, and gets further info on their role.
InsidAR
After pointing the tablet on a machine, the student gets an Xray
like interior view of the given object and than can take a look
around as if s/he was in the middle of it. (Like in this illustration, by
moving the tablet, s/he can take a walk between the transistors of
a TV set from the 1960’s.)
MagicalJourney
Journey modexRay mode
Physics
Some other ideas:
• Show the structure of atoms, non-visible waves, sizes
• Present the Method of operation – circuit boards,
thermodinamics, see through devices, machines
• Demonstrate virtual machines with real time changing of
parameteres – like diameter of pulleys
• …
Molecules
watch video watch video
Demonstrate the construction of molecules and show the
interactions between them. Students can pull elements right from
the periodic table and interact with them.This makes learning
chemistry a real fun.
watch video
Put triggers (images that activate media when scanned by an AR-enabled
device) all around a science laboratory so that when students scan them, they
can quickly learn the different safety procedures and protocols for the lab
equipment.
Be careful! Inflammable fluids.
SafeLab
Chemistry
Some other ideas:
– Atoms - showing forming of atoms, electronic rings, adding
electrons, spins
– Compounds – forming 3D compounds, bonds, dissection
– Interactive periodic table
– Interactions between molecules
– …
Pictures come alive, by pointing the device on them. The given
picture in the book is the first frame of the video, that starts
immediately, along with amazing visual and sound effects or audio
commentary. (Or the picture triggers a photo or video galery.)
watch video
PhotoLive
(as an illustrationhow it works.)
The student can feel like as if s/he was in the middle of the given
scene (that can be actual/historic, real/fictitious, static or dinamic
with alive surroundings. By touching hotspots on the screen, more
info is available on the scene.
Smartphone OR head mounted display
watch videowatch video
Actual OR Historical scenes
360 pano Ancient Scenes
History
Some other ideas:
• Battles – Risiko boardgame like interactive, animated maps
• Famous Buildings, Countries
• Relive historical moments/speeches in video
• Take a look around the 3D model of ancient Rome.
• …
Explorer
Demonstrate the phenomenons of geography. By pointing the
device on a given page/picture it gets enhanced with additional
information, illustrated with 3D animations and sound.
watch video
Place a large decal on the floor that launches an intricate 3D
scene through the magic of Augmented Reality. Students can
explore the highland mountains of a cabot trail, follow brilliantly
animated eagles, moose and whales.
Floor Map
watch video
360 pano Virtual tour
Places
Audio/AR commentary
watch video
By launching the app, the student can select a scene, that appeares on the screen. As
he turns around with his phone the perspective is changing accordingly and he can look
around at the scene as if he was just there. Hot spots are added – by clicking on them
additional multimedia info about the site appears on the screen.
(as an illustration how it works.)
Geography
Some other ideas:
• Planets, solar system, Earth tectonic activity
• 3d simulation of weather – rain, clouds, etc
• Interactive virtual 3d map of the country
• …
Let your students examine, from different points of view, various
features of these geometric structures! Even short quizes can be
solved this way - by touching the right answer on the screen.
Geomagic
Math
Some other ideas:
• Geometry – interactive virtual polyhedrons
• An octaeder appears on a print. The sides can be touched so
information (surface size, sides, equations regarding volume)
appears
• Animations showing as it fills up with water, are divided into
octahedrons, etc shown in real time.
• Quiz
• …
Yearbook live
By pointing the device on the given yearbook or year poster, short
video/slideshow is played of the most memorable moments of the
given class. Video profiles played when touching a photo of a
student.
Devices
• Apps can be developed for the devices
available in the schools (iPads). When the
teacher demonstrates anything with it, the
content of the screen can be displayed on
larger screens – so that all the students can
see the AR content.
and/or
• as a regular app for all iOS and Android
devices so students can work with them on
their own devices (there is a minimum
hardware requirement for the device)
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Summary of Concepts
3D book
Molecules Photo Live Ancient Scenes
Explorer Yearbook LiveFloor map
Geomagic
bodypARts
Virtual Tour
Animals insideARMechanisms Magical Journey
SafeLab
Directory of video links
For more ideas and videos please visit http://www.arworks.com/en/our-work/
Biology1
Biology2
Biology3
Physics1
Physics2
Physics3
Chemistry1
Chemistry2
Chemistry3
Geography1
Geography2
Physics4
Chemistry4Biology4
Conclusion
• As you can see, the possiblities of AR applications
in education are nearly limitless.
• We hope that these ideas raised your interest and
soon we can elaborate the ones you like the most,
adapt them to your needs - along with a price
quotation.
• Please let us know your comments and questions!
Sounds Interesting?
Please, contact us, so we can give you a
personalised offer:Sab Budahazy,
CEO
www.arworks.com
Tel1: +36 99 00 336
Tel2: +971 56 674 9314