Real-time recognition and augmented reality for education

Abstract

This paper proposes a solution that uses an augmented reality technology to provide an interesting and exciting presentation of the studying materials to the learners. The proposed solution comprises of two components which are a mobile application and a web service. The mobile application is implemented on the Android platform and it applies the augmented reality technology to enrich lecture slides' viewing experience. That is lecture slides' creator can embed extra contents such as images, texts and videos onto their original lecture slides through the mobile application. When a learner views a slide with the embedded information through the proposed mobile application, he/she will be able to view these extra contents overlaying on top of the original content. This proposed application composes of three major processes including: Image Detection, Corners Detection, and Augmentation. Moreover, the instructors can manage their own contents via our website. From the experimental results, the accuracy of image detection is 85%. From our satisfactory survey for using our application also shows that our application can engage learners to study more. This new slide reading style does not only provide more information about the lesson to the learners, it may also help attracting them to study more.