Augmented Reality Applications in the Engineering Environment

Azkorreta, Karle Olalde; Rodríguez, Héctor Olmedo

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07485-6_9

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“…Positive impacts of AR on learners are listed as a better engagement with the activity, higher attention, and information retention in the literature . In recent years, many MR applications have been designed to teach geometry , physics , electromagnetism , engineering [3,40], and biomolecular sciences . Some of them were tested for STEM education in the elementary , secondary and higher levels.…”

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Personalization of engineering education with the mixed reality mobile applications

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2018

Comp Applic In Engineering

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Geometric visualization, the spatial perception of problems, and geometric reasoning are always considered essential skills for an engineering student. Although the student can learn geometric visualization eventually, some students with the missing visualization skills cannot follow the instructions to solve the engineering problems. Immersive mixed reality (MR) technologies have been used by the author to help students with object visualization problems. MR technologies virtually project the objects and allow students observing three dimensional (3D) representation of two dimensional (2D) sketches in front of them, while also rotating the virtual model as they wish. These educational mobile applications have been tested in engineering drawing classes and overall improvement of student visualization skills has been reported. In this study, the research question is if some students benefit more from the immersive technologies. Some students have previous CAD experiences from their high school education or interest in technology as a hobby. Playing video games gives students some visualization skills too. Pre‐ and post‐ mental rotation tests (MRTs) are analyzed along with their pre‐existing educational and video game experiences to evaluate the level of benefits of MR technology in class.

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