Augmented Reality

EiED 2014 Vienna

Overview: Augmented reality is displayed in many ways in today's modern world. The initiative was established in 2005. This version of reality takes the virtual world and makes it so it appears to be closer to our real world than the virtual version. Augmented reality adds more natural senses to help "blur" the lines between the real and virtual world.

1. Power point

Power points are a virtual version of information people use to display to others. Power points are extremely helpful when there is a lot of information you need to show to others without having to remember it all. It has immersive qualities in which the way people go about their presentations are easier to understand and be explained. Power points enhance the viewers' learning capability by explaining as well as showing them what they are learning.

2. Mine craft

A lot of institutions use Minecraft as a way of bringing together learning and games. This enhances learning capabilities because of the fact that people are enjoying themselves while gathering vital information. These learning games have found a way to make the player aware of the actual mission of the game and even more unaware of the fact that they are also learning simultaneously. This is also another form of where "science meets business."

3. Hands on demos

The hands-on demos are also a good learning tool. They let the one who is learning the information get a good feel of exactly what they are learning. They do this by providing the person learning this information with the same object they are teaching about. Therefore as they show you how to use a certain object you are also touching and using your own version of that object.

4. Speed sharing sessions

Speed sharing sessions are another tool that help the speaker get through their entire presentation without any interruptions. This eliminates questions that may throw off the speaker. This method also takes away uncertainties the speaker may be feeling themselves about their presentation. The 5 minute time limit also helps immensely by teaching the speaker to make sure their presentation contains enough in the 8 slides they contain to make their presentation last as well.

5. Workshops

Workshops are similar to all of these types of AR above. They allow multiple methods to be used to help engage whoever it is attempting at learning this information. They use hands on techniques, power point presentations, and many more. These various activities at workshops create an education friendly place where information such as this is not discouraging to learn about.