Augmented Reality

Learn

what it is

Learn

what it can do

Learn

how it can be used in

education

Presented by Group 1
Kelly Nightengale
Patti Rose

What Is Augmented Reality?

The

overlay of computer-presented
information on top of the real world
Combines real and virtual realities
Interactive in real time
Registered in 3D
Not the same as virtual reality

Augmented vs. Virtual

Realities
Virtual

reality

Immerses the viewer into computer-generated

environments
Requires equipment which completely
obstructs visual view of physical objects in the
real world

Augmented

reality

Augments or adds graphics, audio, and other

sensory enhancements to the natural world as

it exists

Reality Continuum
Virtual

and real environments are at

opposite ends of this continuum
AR is closer to the real environment

Historical Background
1957-62

Morton Heilig, Sensorama

1966 Ivan Sutherland, headmounted display
1975 Myron Krueger, Videoplace
1989 Jaron Lanier coined the term
Virtual Reality
1992 Tom Caudell coined the term
Augmented Reality

Historical Timeline
1994

Julie Martin, AR Theater

1999 Hirokazu Kato, AR Toolkit
2000 Bruce Thomas, ARQuake
2008-09 Wikitude, AR Travel Guide
and Navigation System
2009 AR Toolkit ported to Adobe
Flash

How Does AR Work?

Requires

Internet connection
Can be accomplished in two ways by:
1. Looking at a screen showing visible and

augmented objects

2. Looking through a device using the

generated screen display

Example s: Looking at a
Screen
Yellow

first down line

Direction of ice hockey puck
Giant logos or ads on athletic fields
World record lines for swimming
events

Examples: Looking Through

Device
Creative

photography
Navigation systems

Technology
Drivers:

video games, cell phone

apps
Display types:
1. Head-mounted, or heads-up, displays
2. Handheld displays
3. Spatial displays

Head-Mounted / Heads-Up
Displays
Combines

and displays physical

world images and virtual graphical
objects

SVGA Head-Mounted
Display

Vehicle Heads-Up
Display

Handheld Displays
Small

handheld computing device

Uses global positioning systems
(GPS)

iPhone
Applications

Spatial Displays
Nothing

to wear and/or carry

Uses digital projectors to display
information
Marker-based and markerless
devices

AR Phone
Keypad

AR Keyboard

Why AR Applications?
Wireless

mobile devices
Anywhere, anytime access
State-of-the-art cell phones
Available applications

Advertising Applications
Promote

products via interactive AR

applications

Movie character
speaks to you
when you pass her
outdoor movie
poster
City Sites Tour

Marketing Applications
Assist

consumers on location with

ratings, reviews, and other
information

Restaurant
search

Social shopper

Industrial Applications
Compare

the data of digital mockups with physical mock-ups

Provide instructions, specs, and
training for mechanics and machine
operators

Scientific Applications
Visualize

3D phenomena
Display interactive analysis of terrain
characteristics

Terrain rendering

Whole body PET

scan

Arts Applications
Create

art over real art

Simulate construction projects
Create virtual objects on locations

Arts Applications
Launch

interactive AR music videos

Visit historical sites and step
back in time

Arts Applications
Project

AR into musical stage shows

Duran Duran

Animated character at concert

Educational Applications
Provide

powerful contextual,
explorative, and discovery learning
experiences
Show network learning
Facilitate collaboration among
distributed team members
Create 3D graphics of curriculum
content
Overlay factual onto view of real
world

Educational Applications
Teach

critical thinking, science, and

social studies through AR gaming

Military Strategy Game

Racetrack Pit Strategy

Game

Educational Applications
Generate

models in different settings

Have books come alive

Other Educational
Applications
Astronomy
Googles SkyMap
pUniverse

Architecture
ARSights

Computer Science
Student Guides

AR Video Clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z

Kw_Mp5YkaE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1

El-kW1rebs&feature=watch_respons
e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5
M-oAmBDcZk&feature=related

Pending / Future
Applications
Expanding

a PC screen into the real

world
Holodecks
Replacement of cell phone and vehicle
navigation screens
Virtual everything
Virtual gadgetry
Subscriptions to group-specific AR feeds
Virtual retinal displays
AR-enabled contact lenses

NLE Benefits of AR
Exposure

to learning experiences
Connected to many learning opportunities
Learn from anywhere and share with anyone
Used to enhance collaborative tasks
Support of seamless interaction between
real and virtual environments
Use of a tangible interface metaphor for
object manipulation
Ability to transition smoothly between
reality and virtuality

Instructional Strategies
of AR
Learning

goes beyond space and

time to extend past the current
semester
Community-Community Interaction

Learners

get real time, up-to-date

information
Aggregation

Learners

combine online content

with online resources to enhance
learning

Instructional Strategies
of AR
Learners

apply visualizations (2D

and 3D) to enhance learning
Info-Viz

Learners

use mobile devices to gain

knowledge
Mobile learning

Learners

use distant network servers

for web applications
Cloud computing

Drawbacks of AR
Accuracy
Large margin of error

Standards
No open standards among AR browsers

Availability

of AR-capable devices

SmartPhones only

Simple AR Links
ARhrrrr

- An AR Shooter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNu4

CluFOcw&feature=player_embedded

ARIS

Mobile Media Learning Games

http://arisgames.org

Mirror

Worlds

http://www.augmentedenvironments.org/

lab/2009/10

Simple AR Links
Wikitude

World Browser

http://www.wikitude.org/world_browser

Wimbledon

Seer App

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-ea

ton/technomix/augmented-reality-hits-w
imbledontennis-championship

Further AR Reading
Augmented

Learning: An Interview
with Eric Klopfer (Part One)
http://henryjenkins.org/2008/07/an_inter

view_with_eric_klopfer.html
(Henry Jenkins, Confessions of an Aca-Fan, 7
July 2008.)

Augmented

Reality in a Contact Lens

http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bion

ics/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens/
0
(Babak Parviz, IEEE Spectrum Feature,

Further AR Reading
If

You Are Not Seeing Data, You are

Not Seeing
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/08

/augmented-reality/

(Brian Chen, Wired Gadget Lab, 25 August

2009.)

Map/Territory:

Augmented Reality
Without the Phone
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/08/mapterr

itoryaugmented-reality.html

(Brady Forrest, OReilly Radar, 17 August 2009.)

Further AR Reading
Visual

Time Machine Offers Tourists a

Glimpse of the Past
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/

2009/08/090812104219.htm
(Science Daily, 17 August 2009.)

Delicious:

Simple Augmented Reality

http://delicious.com/tag/hz10+augmented

reality

Summary
What

is AR?

The ability to overlay computer graphics onto the

real world
What

can AR do?

Combines real and virtual realities to turn an

empty space into a very rich educational

experience
How

can AR be used in education?

Offers seamless interaction between the real and

virtual worlds, a tangible interface metaphor, and

a means for transitioning between real and virtual
worlds to create learning opportunities and
knowledge connections

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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1196641/augmentedreality
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http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/technology/billinghurst.h

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