https://renelobo.com/en/tags/ar/ARHugoBlox Kit (https://hugoblox.com)en-usWed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://renelobo.com/media/sharing.jpghttps://renelobo.com/en/tags/ar/https://renelobo.com/en/projects/educar/Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://renelobo.com/en/projects/educar/<p>The main motivation of this research is university dropout. First-semester students sometimes arrive with gaps in concepts studied in high school; together with the way mathematics, physics and chemistry courses are taught, this can make them lose interest in these courses, leading to low academic performance and, eventually, dropout.</p> <p>We developed an augmented reality application that any teacher and student at the Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga (UNAB) can use as a complement to their classes, to capture students&rsquo; interest and make it easier to grasp the concepts studied. This version focuses on electromagnetic concepts: resistors, circuits and magnetic fields. With EducAR, physical phenomena and experiments can be represented with 3D models without additional lab equipment.</p> <p>EducAR was built with Unity 3D (version 5.3.1), which targets both mobile and desktop devices, and the Vuforia SDK, which turns the device screen into an augmented reality display.</p> <div style="display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(260px,1fr));gap:1rem;align-items:start"> <img src="educar-markers.jpg" alt="Augmented reality markers for electronic components" loading="lazy" style="width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;margin:0"> <img src="educar-menu.jpg" alt="EducAR model selection menu" loading="lazy" style="width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:8px;margin:0"> </div> <blockquote class="border-l-4 border-neutral-300 dark:border-neutral-600 pl-4 italic text-neutral-600 dark:text-neutral-400 my-6"> <p>Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton</p> </blockquote>