Augmented Reality: A New Way to View the World

Abstract

Technology in education can influence students to find out actively and may motivate them, resulting in an efficient process of learning. Although the physical world is three-dimensional, mostly we opt to use two-dimensional media in education. The AR technology strengthens the effectiveness and attractiveness of teaching and learning for students in real scenarios. Since its introduction, augmented reality (AR) has been shown to own good potential in making the training process more active, effective and meaningful. This is possible because of its advanced technology that enables users to interact with virtual and real-time applications and brings them a natural experience. Augmented Reality could be a new medium, combining aspects from ubiquitous computing, tangible computing, and social computing. AR offers unique combining of physical and virtual worlds, with continuous and implicit control by the users for the purpose of viewing and interactivity. This study comprises of short introduction to augmented reality, AR components, working, and its comparison with virtual reality, advantages and its use in the field of education.