Abstract
To cultivate children’s imagination, observation, thinking ability, and aesthetic consciousness, the questionnaire survey is adopted to analyze the design strategies and principles of children’s picture books based on augmented reality (AR). Primarily, the related concepts and theories are expounded for the research content. Children in preschool aged 4–5 years are invited as primary participants in this work, and the psychological characteristics of the invited children are analyzed in depth. Then, a study is carried out on the existing AR children’s picture books. The problems existing in the design of AR children’s picture books are found, and then, related solutions are put forward based on the results of the questionnaire survey. Besides, a design is made on the strategies and interactive design principles of AR children’s picture books on mobile terminals that are more in line with the needs of children. The results show that 41.07% of parents do not understand AR technology, and 37.5% of preschool children indicate that they do not operate mobile devices independently. However, they need the assistance of parents to use this kind of picture book. A total of 44.64% of parents believe that the main problem of AR picture books in the current market is the lack of interesting interaction. Given the above problems, five principles are proposed for the design of AR children’s picture books based on mobile terminals, namely, easy operation principle, interesting principle, guiding principle, timely feedback principle, and safety principle. A set of universally applicable design methods are proposed for AR children’s picture books based on mobile terminals, which provides certain theoretical guidance for the development of related types of products.
Highlights
As a type of literary carrier, picture books have brought a new era of text expression and image portrayal, which helps to enhance children’s interest in reading
With the development of augmented reality (AR) technology and its maturity in the use of mobile devices, combining AR technology with paper picture books, characters, scenes, and other contents in picture books can be presented in three-dimensional form and on the screen of mobile devices, and readers can interact with virtual contents in a real environment
The application of AR technology keeps the advantages of traditional picture books, but has the advantage of the reading process changing from static to dynamic, and making reading more interesting
Summary
The development of visual culture has caused a great change in people’s reading styles. Picture books have gradually developed into an essential tool, playing an important role in children’s cognition development (Patterson, 2019; Fears and Lockman, 2020). As a type of literary carrier, picture books have brought a new era of text expression and image portrayal, which helps to enhance children’s interest in reading. The picture book is a special educational way for children, which can satisfy children’s imagination and desire for exploration and play a significant role in children’s growth (Takacs and Bus, 2018; Yamaji et al, 2020). In China, translations imported from other countries account for the majority of the market of picture books for children. The market share of Chinese picture books for children is limited. According to the development law of children’s mental cognition, picture books should actively absorb high-quality resources worldwide and develop, following the actual situations
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