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Volume 1, Issue 2 Halas Moulton News

Due to advances

in the

development of

pedagogical

concepts,

applications and

technology, and a

simultaneous

decline in

hardware costs,

the use of small

scale or mobileimmersive virtual

or augmented

reality systems

could become

feasible for

educational

institutions within

this decade

(assuming

ongoing

development at

the same rate).

Nevertheless, thepotential of each

VR/AR feature

needs careful

reflection in order

to be actually

translated into

educational

efficacy. The

matter is not

questioning

whether or not

VR/AR is useful

to enhancelearning. The

matter is

understanding

how to effectively

exploit its

potential.

Hannes Kaufmann

Katherine Halas Moulton ed.

Augmented reality isthe buzz word for thewide ranged realm ofdigital platforms thatimprove on reality real

time. There is a rangeof new products fromsoftware that uses GPSon a mobile device toshow street view mapsof where you arestanding to contact lensthat can check bloodsugar levels.The possibilities foraugmented reality canrange from architecture

through tourism toeducation with a lot ofstops in between.

ugmented Reality: Better than Real

from World Lens

Software applicationsuse real time video tocapture a child using awebcam and placethem in a scene with

theirfavouritecharacters. A Similarwebcam to enhancedreal time image wasused by one innovativecompany to sell make-up. They created avirtual make-up mirrorwhere it scans yourface and suggest andshows the best makeup for you on your face

real time. Then it printsout a shopping list forwhat it recommends

that you buy!

Travel Word Lenshascreated an app thatrecognizes the words

on a sign that you pointyour handheld devicecamera at and it willtranslate it to thelanguage of yourchoice.

from Wikipedia

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from smarttech.com

The question ofwhether or not to useAR in the classroom isnot exactlycontroversial. It is justa more personalized,real time developmentfor value addedlearning. It will beimportant not to be tooseduced by the

technology and forgetto contextualize it ineffective learning.This is a great tool butlike all tools it needs tobe used well in order

to be effective.

from history pin

Halas Moulton News

Situated documentaryis educational

application for placinghistorical events in areal context. This isuseful both foreducation and tourism.The concept is that asyou walk around ahistoric site that eitherthrough a handhelddevice or virtual realitygoggles you can seesuperimposed on the

current infrastructurehistorical images andinformation. Someteachers have beeninventing their ownsituated documentrysand others are beingdeveloped by teams of

Situated documentary: History superimposed

Mixed reality uses some

a digitized image whichis captured by thewebcam that isdetected by thesoftware and projectedon the screen with anenhanced image.SMART has invented acube or markercardsthat can be used with adocument camera toshow 3D images real-

time in the classroom.There are some built in3D images that caneasily be attached tothe marker or teacherscan download imagesfrom sites likeGoogle3D warehouseor create

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students andresearchers. Karen

Schriercreated thisamazing lesson thattakes students throughthe streets of her citytrying to figure out whowas the first one killedin the AmericanRevolution, a mysterythat is not solved yettoday.Historypin is a similar

site that I have used in

my classroom that

allows the public to

upload historical

images and pin them to

a map.Hereis an

example from one of my

students. My favourite

feature is the street

view. If the images are

lined up well then one

can play with the fade

slider to seehistorical

imagesright on top of

current Google street

view images.

http://www.hitl.washington.edu/publicatio

ns/r-99-1/

their own (or havestudents create themfor you) in freeware likeGoogle Sketchup.This AR marker towebcam to projectedimage is also beingused instorybooks.

Another type of booklike this one about theEarth Corecan help toget across teaching

concepts that aredifficult to visualize in2D into 3D like this oneabout the Earth core orone onoccupationalsafety scaffoldingIn this Biologyapplication students areable to hold up a

printed out marker tothe webcam and seethemselves withinternalorganssuperimposedon their own live body.One innovatortattooedhis arm with this kind ofmarker to make it showaugmented images.

from designboom.com

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