Augmented Reality Components Research Articles

Campus Navigation using Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

With the rapid advancement of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies, there has been a growing interest in leveraging these immersive technologies for enhancing campus navigation experiences. This paper presents a research study focused on designing and implementing a campus navigation system for the Maharashtra Institute of Technology World Peace University (MIT WPU) using AR/VR technologies. The proposed system aims to provide students, faculty, and visitors with an intuitive and immersive wayfinding experience, facilitating navigation across the expansive campus grounds. The core features of the proposed campus navigation system include real-time location tracking, interactive campus maps, personalized route planning, and integration with campus services and facilities information. The AR component overlays digital navigation cues and points of interest onto the user's physical surroundings, enhancing spatial awareness and providing contextual information. The VR component offers an immersive 3D visualization of the campus environment, allowing users to explore virtual replicas of buildings, landmarks, and amenities. The research methodology involves a multi-stage process, beginning with requirements gathering through stakeholder interviews and user surveys to understand the navigation challenges faced by campus users. Based on the gathered requirements, a prototype AR/VR campus navigation application is developed, leveraging state-of-the-art AR/VR development tools and technologies

Potential of Augmented Reality in Optimization of Military Libraries Services

Augmented Reality (AR) overlays the information of virtual objects on actual surfaces and enhances learners’ experience. As AR is becoming an increasingly important part of military training, military libraries can provide a cohesive experience using the latest advent of AR and core library science components to meet the military community’s ever-dynamic needs. Since augmented reality is in a developing phase, this paper aims to know the potential of AR Military libraries service by conducting a systematic review of papers published in the Scopus database. AR in military libraries can enhance learning interest, perception of situation awareness, and adequate decision support. AR can offer great solutions to facilitate the controlling capabilities of military trainees and reduce cognitive load and stress. Its application in military libraries includes information filtering, 3D visualization, and extending digital threads. However, despite many limitations of AR usage, its applicability in military libraries can improvise the extensive pool of knowledge and experience to deal with warfare situations to improve capabilities of reaction and response in real-time war situations to improve the controlling capabilities of military trainees include tactical simulation, judgment in operations, assignment, and military simulations.

Traditional Art-Making and Emerging Technologies: An Individual Journey into AI and AR Integration in Portrait Creation

In this article, I share my personal process and outcomes while merging traditional art-making methods with emerging technologies to create portraits. Through the creation of eight oil portrait paintings with AI and AR components, I explore questions and meanings surrounding the combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) with conventional art-making tools. I also investigate how emerging technologies, such as AI and AR, can complement traditional artistic approaches like painting and drawing. By conducting interviews, maintaining a journal, and creating the portraits, I delve into the subject, uncovering many contrasts between traditional media and emerging technologies, both in terms of physical and mental aspects. I describe how this combination of media significantly impacted my creative process and the final artworks' outcomes. In conclusion, I contemplate the broader implications of integrating emerging technologies into art classes, and how elementary teachers can utilize and teach these innovations as tools for creating art. This study opens up new possibilities for artistic expression, reflecting on the potential of blending tradition and technology in the realm of art-making.

EXPLORING THE CONTENTS OF OLD NEWSPAPERS USING AN AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION

Newspapers are necessary for daily living because they provide information on a variety of topics, including the economy, trade, business, sports, and entertainment. Reading the news broadens one's perspectives and increases knowledge. Readers may interact with the information through digital elements including movies, animations, and other content with the use of an augmented reality application. A variety of augmented reality components, including buttons for videos, links, YouTube, and 3D models, can be utilised to increase the variety of information available in physical newspapers. Computers can identify and project things over the newspaper with the help of an augmented reality marker. A newspaper can set itself apart from other publications by using a marker and a smartphone with a non-standalone software that can recognise the marker, such as QR codes or photos. In an effort to make a newspaper more user-friendly, researchers are experimenting with the Vuforia Engine tool and Augmented Reality Tools.

A whole new ball game: Fan perceptions of augmented reality enhanced sport broadcasts

For a large portion of its history, broadcasting has been stagnant when it comes to incorporating new and innovative technologies. However, due to declining viewership and consumer desire for customizable content, augmented reality (AR) graphics have begun to be incorporated into multiple broadcast products. The current study contributes to the literature by providing much needed answers to questions surrounding consumer perceptions and the implementation of AR in broadcasts. Guided by the Elaboration Likelihood Model and using sport broadcasts as the context, three NBA broadcasts were assessed: a mascot-mode with over the top AR graphics, a coach-mode with play-by-play AR graphics, and a traditional broadcast with no graphics. Following random assignment, participants in the current study were more likely to re-view (p < .05) and recommend via word of mouth (p < .05) the coach-mode AR than the mascot-mode AR. As formidable media providers like ESPN do not see AR as a fad, the current findings are noteworthy. Both AR enhancements under investigation represent substantial alterations to the core, traditional product. Thus, media providers are advised to introduce AR components gradually and systematically, so as not to overload the conservative viewer.

Gut It Out: An Anatomy Card Game and Study Tool for Medical Students

Gamification in medical education involves integrating game principles—including mechanics, design, or experiences—into a learning context. Game‐based approaches in higher education have been shown to improve student engagement, motivation, and performance when applied effectively. Many medical students report feeling overwhelmed by the complexity and content‐heavy nature of anatomy, making it an ideal subject for gamification. In this project, we developed and designed an educational anatomy card game intended for medical students.Students in the inaugural cohort of the Certificate in Biomedical Visualization and Communication (BMVC) at the University of British Columbia teamed up with the Hackspace for Immersive Virtual Experiences (HIVE) and faculty advisors for their capstone project. The team collected survey responses from current medical students to determine desirable game features and dynamics, followed by several rounds of prototyping and piloting. The students also enlisted the help of a subject matter expert in game design.The final card game, entitled “Gut it Out”, is appropriate for players possessing any level of anatomy knowledge, with optional mechanics designed for medical students. Gameplay involves players competing to build fully innervated and vascularized organs. Organ cards specify the number of blood vessel cards (arteries and veins) and nerve cards (somatic, sympathetic, and parasympathetic) required for completion. Additional clinical cards can be played to gain advantages or sabotage opponents. An optional gameplay component challenges players to name each blood vessel and nerve associated with the organs they have completed in exchange for double points. Aesthetics feature a high‐contrast colour palette and bold, simple organ illustrations. The team developed multiple versions of the rules that are currently being play tested by medical students and anatomists. Future directions include incorporating an interactive augmented reality component to enrich the educational value of the organ cards and conducting a mixed methods study to assess the efficacy of the game as a study tool.“Gut it Out” applies gamification to anatomy education to create a fun and educational card game featuring accessible, fast‐paced gameplay. This game was designed to complement and expand the current ecosystem of anatomy resources hosted by the HIVE.

Academic Librarians' Attitudes towards Augmented Reality

Academic Librarians' Attitudes towards Augmented Reality

EURO-INTEGRATION PARADIGM OF IMPLEMENTATION OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN THE CONDITIONS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION

The scientific article is devoted to the analysis of the features of the integration of innovative AR/VR-technologies in the process of developing the emotional intelligence of future specialists in the conditions of European integration changes and approaches to training a competitive specialist. The article analyzes the main models and approaches to determining the functional role of emotional intelligence in the process of performing professional tasks. The work details the main vectors of introducing the components of augmented reality both in the educational and cultural space and in the scientific and research plane. An analysis of the features and factors of the implementation of AR/VR-technologies in the context of the implementation of the competence approach in higher education and modern research on the impact of augmented reality on the emotional states of the individual and the educational process in the conditions of distance learning was carried out. The article describes the experience of the complex implementation of elements of augmented reality in the program for the development of emotional stability of future specialists, which was implemented as part of the certification program for future specialists in socionomic professions “Self-management: development of the professional and personal potential of an individual”, which was implemented using the MOODLE system in conditions of distance learning. The implementation of augmented reality components into a complex program was based on the implementation of the MARE methodology. The described experience of cooperation between applicants and teachers on the basis of the Laboratory of Psychophysiological Research, the Laboratory of Health Psychology and the STEM-Laboratory of Melitopol State Pedagogical University named after Bohdan Khmelnytskyi stands out as innovative in the research. Within the framework of the corresponding concept of cooperation, an integrative approach in the process of developing the emotional intelligence of an individual, which is based on a complex combination of traditional psychodiagnostic and training technologies with innovative AR/VR technologies, has been developed and implemented. According to the results, it was found that the implementation of a psychocorrective program with elements of AR technologies helped to increase the level of development of the components of emotional intelligence of the individual. The introduction of elements of AR/VR-technologies into the educational process provides an opportunity to deeply influence the emotional world of an individual, the possibility of visualization and reproduction of certain emotional states, the possibility of close to real immersion in one’s own emotional world, its active cognition and the development of emotional self-regulation, stress resistance and the ability to understand emotional another person’s world.

Toward AI-enabled augmented reality to enhance the safety of highway work zones: Feasibility, requirements, and challenges

Highway work zones are considered among the most hazardous working environments. In 2018 alone, 124 workers lost their lives to fatal accidents. The lack of predictive safety systems that notify workers of upcoming dangers in advance is a major reason to blame in the highway maintenance and operation community. This article presents an integrative design framework for bringing recent advances in Augmented Reality (AR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the safety of highway workers through real-time multimodal notifications on-spot. To this end, this article conceptualizes and co-designs three major pillars: (1) AR user interface design for multimodal notification, (2) real-time AI at the edge for vehicle detection/classification from distance, and (3) real-time wireless communication in work zone setting to enable latency-aware operation between AI and AR components. Our early results demonstrate that we can achieve 24.83 FPS end-to-end execution latency on the Xavier AGX Jetson board with 48.7% mAP on BDD100K dataset, and a real-time communication covering 120 meters with an average latency of 5.1 ms at the farthest distance. Our mixed-method user research also reveals an acceptable level of excitement and engagement from the body of highway workers toward both the proposed technology and the designed user interface. Overall, this article provides a proof-of-concept toward AI-enabled AR safety systems in highway work zones.

An integrated framework of sensing, machine learning, and augmented reality for aquaculture prawn farm management

The rapid growth of prawn farming on an international scale will play an important role in meeting the protein requirements of an expanding global population. Efficient management of the commercial ponds for healthy production of prawns is the key mantra of success in this industry. It is a necessity to maintain the water quality parameters in these ponds within specific ranges to create an ideal environment of optimal growth of healthy prawns. The current practice of water quality data collection and their usage for decision making on most farms is not efficient and does not take full advantage of the latest technologies. The research presented in this paper aimed at addressing this problem by systematic investigation and development of an integrated framework where (i) modern sensors were investigated for their suitability and deployed for continuous monitoring of the water quality variables in prawn ponds; (ii) novel machine learning models were investigated based on collected data and deployed to accurately forecast pond status over next 24 h. This provides farmers insight into upcoming situations and take necessary measures to avoid catastrophic situations; and (iii) augmented reality-based visualisation methods were investigated for improved data capture process and efficient decision making through real-time interactive interfaces. The paper presents the integrated framework as well as the details of sensing, machine learning, and augmented reality components. We found that (i) YSI EXO2 Multi-Sonde is the best sensor for continuous monitoring of prawn ponds; (ii) ForecastNet (our developed machine learning model) provides best forecasting results with symmetric mean absolute percentage error of 6.1 %, 9.6 %, and 8.5 % for dissolved oxygen, pH, and temperature; and (iii) augmented reality-based interactive interface achieves accuracy as high as 89.2 % for management decisions with at least 41 % less time. The experience of the project as presented in this paper can act as a guide for researchers as well as prawn farmers to take advantage of latest sensors, machine learning algorithms and augmented reality tools.

ES2MART Teaching and learning material in chemistry: Enhancing spatial skills thru augmented reality technology

This study developed a teaching and learning material (TLM) in chemistry entitled eS2MART TLM with integrated augmented reality (AR) technology and assessed its effect on students’ learning gains in terms of spatial skills and students’ learning experience on the use of augmented reality as a tool in understanding atomic theory, chemical bonding and molecular structure. The present study utilized the design based research paradigm in the development of AR-enabled teaching and learning material while the assessment of the effect of using the developed material on learners’ spatial skills employed the pre-experimental single group design. To provide the AR component of the TLM, this study also developed a database of intuitive virtual 3D objects and animations that can be manipulated by tactile controls, a dedicated mobile application software called eS2MART TLM designed to retrieve, display, and control the virtual 3D objects, and unique trackers for each virtual 3D object and animation that were printed in eS2MART TLM. A pretest and posttest using standardized spatial skills test composed of seven Purdue Spatial Visualization Test (PSVT) items and 13 content-specific items were administered to the participants before and after using eS2MART TLM. Using Hake factor test, the study found out that student participants obtained a normalized gain value of 0.50 on the PSVT spatial visualization test which signifies medium learning gain and a normalized gain value of 0.76 on the Content Specific Spatial Skills Test which indicates high learning gain. In terms of learning experience, there is an overall very positive learning experience on the use of augmented reality in eS2MART TLM as implied by the composite mean value of 3.54.

Impacts of Pokémon GO on route and mode choice decisions: exploring the potential for integrating augmented reality, gamification, and social components in mobile apps to influence travel decisions.

This study aims to understand the impacts of Pokémon GO, a popular location-based augmented reality (AR) mobile gaming app, on route and mode choices. Pokémon GO leverages AR to introduce virtual objects at fixed and dynamic locations that translate through the app interface to incentives in the real world that potentially influence users’ route and mode choices. Its gaming nature and social components can possibly enhance long-term user engagement through applying the characteristics of game elements and providing opportunities for competition, collaboration, companionship, and social reinforcement. An online survey is conducted to collect the self-reported behavior of a group of Pokémon GO users to explore its impacts on the following aspects of travel behavior: (1) the frequency of changing the route to interact with virtual objects; (2) the likelihood of carpooling more instead of driving alone for more in-app collaboration; and (3) the likelihood of shifting mode from drive alone to public transit, walking, and cycling if provided with additional incentives. The ordered survey responses including frequency and likelihood are analyzed using random parameters ordered probit models to account for the unobserved heterogeneity across users and identify subpopulations of travelers who are more susceptible to the influence of Pokémon GO. The modeling results identify four types of variables (attitude and perceptions related to Pokémon GO, app engagement, play style, and sociodemographic characteristics) that affect users’ travel behavior. The results illustrate that such apps with integrated AR, gamification, and social components can be used by policymakers to influence various aspects of travel behavior. The study findings and insights can provide valuable feedback to system operators for designing such apps to dynamically manage traffic in real-time and promote long-term sustainable mode shifts.

A Usability and Acceptance Evaluation of the Use of Augmented Reality for Learning Atoms and Molecules Reaction by Primary School Female Students in Palestine

The chemical reaction between different molecules is an important learning subject in a chemistry course. Especially for elementary school students, this can be an abstract concept and therefore difficult to understand. One way to facilitate this learning process is to use Augmented Reality (AR) technology, which is considered as an added value compared with classical learning materials such as textbooks, two-dimensional images, video, and so forth. Among the different advantages of using AR technology in the context of the educational domain is the fact that three-dimensional technology is offering a safe environment especially if the students have to perform critical tasks such as simulating chemical reactions. This work investigates students' attitude toward the use of a mobile AR application for learning atoms' and molecules' reactions. In particular, we focused on female students because, in general, female students show less interest in science and technology than male students. We were keen to investigate whether the use of AR technology could change this attitude. The students are able to interact with different AR components to explore the possible reactions in a three-dimensional interface, to understand the structure and shape of atoms and molecules, and to view related explanations in their native language, that is, the Arabic language. The mobile AR application was evaluated by a class of 12- to 13-year-old (7th grade) students in a Palestinian primary school. The number of participants was 50, all female students. After analyzing the results, we can conclude that these female students had a positive attitude toward the use of this AR application in their learning process.

Towards a More User-Friendly Medication Information Delivery to People Living with Multiple Sclerosis: A Case Study with Alemtuzumab.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system which leads to demyelination and neurodegeneration. The T and B cells, the body's immune cells, start attacking the brain and spinal cord, leading to a variety of symptoms. Alemtuzumab is a recently approved disease-modifying therapy that has been shown to have a very high impact on MS. However, it has many potentially life-threatening side effects which patients are often not aware of. For treatments as effective and risky as Alemtuzumab, patients who are considering it must be well-informed on the process and the potential side effects. Patient education is vital to equip patients with knowledge on their disease and treatment, and has shown to be successful in improving the management of chronic diseases and increasing medication adherence. Unfortunately, the language used is often too complex and at a higher reading level than average patients can comprehend, and available resources such as pamphlets and websites are often disorganized. This research proposes a radically different approach to patient education, using less formal channels such as a mobile application to improve health literacy, using LEMTRADA® (Alemtuzumab) as an example. MS patients were involved in a co-design process to produce a series of user-friendly, intuitive and interactive graphical interfaces which propose plain language, illustrations, animations, audio and Augmented Reality components that aim to enhance patients' knowledge retention and recall. Finally, nine MS patients along with a senior MS nurse tested the mobile application and answered a usability questionnaire that aimed to compare the delivery of information with typical websites and pamphlets. Results suggested this approach to be highly user-friendly and engaging, improving patients' understanding of medical information considerably. This research illustrates more engaging channels to communicate with MS patients in order to enhance health literacy.

Mitigating Chromatic Dispersion with Hybrid Optical Metasurfaces.

Metasurfaces control various properties of light via scattering across a large number of subwavelength-spaced nanostructures. Although metasurfaces appear to be ideal photonic platforms for realizing and designing miniaturized devices, their chromatic aberrations have hindered the large-scale deployment of this technology in numerous applications. Wavelength-dependent diffraction and resonant scattering effects usually limit their working operation wavelengths. In refractive optics, chromatic dispersion is a significant problem and is generally treated by cascading multiple lenses into achromatic doublets, triplets, and so on. Recently, broadband achromatic metalenses in the visible have been proposed to circumvent chromatic aberration but their throughput efficiency is still limited. Here, the dispersion of refractive components is corrected by leveraging the inherent dispersion of metasurfaces. Hybrid refractive-metasurface devices, with nondispersive refraction in the visible, are experimentally demonstrated. The dispersion of this hybrid component, characterized by using a Fourier plane imaging microscopy setup, is essentially achromatic over about 150 nm in the visible. Broadband focusing with composite plano-convex metasurface lenses is also proposed. These devices could find applications in numerous consumer optics, augmented reality components, and all applications including imaging for which monochromatic performance is not sufficient.

LOCATION BASED DATA REPRESENTATION THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Architects conduct site visits prior to a design activity to understand existing conditions. If the architect’s position and orientation are known on site, and augmented reality system has access to a location based content database of the site, then augmented reality system can display the content in 3D directly upon the architect’s view. Generally, architects use augmented reality as a visualization tool for presentation. It is also possible to collect data of a site and represent it in situ for architectural design. This paper is a survey of location based data representation in augmented reality systems to use in early stages of architectural design related to site. Initially, it describes the field of augmented reality including the characteristics and requirements. Then it surveys the state of the art by reviewing featured applications of location based augmented reality technology. Developments to the recent conditions from the first implementations have been revealed with components. At the same time, this paper aims to find common links between these featured applications and architectural site survey. Thus, it discusses opportunities of augmented reality to provide the needs of an architect as a site visit. However, it suggests which augmented reality components are more suitable in recent conditions for use in architectural design related to site. As a survey paper, it focuses on how location based augmented reality can be used in architectural design instead of presenting a model or an application.

Augmented reality mobile app development for all

Lack of programming skills is a barrier to the engagement of teachers in the development and customisation of their own applications. Visual Environment for Designing Interactive Learning Scenarios (VEDILS), a visual tool for designing, customising and deploying learning technologies, provides teachers with a development environment with a low entry threshold. Current mobile devices are equipped with sensors and have sufficient processing power to use augmented reality technologies. Despite the heavy use of mobile devices in students’ lives, the use of augmented reality mobile applications as learning tools is not widespread among teachers. The current work presents a framework comprising the development tool and a method for designing and deploying learning activities. It focuses on the augmented reality components of the authoring tools, which allow users to create their own mobile augmented reality learning apps. It also present the results of the evaluation of the framework with 47 third-level educators, and two case studies of classroom implementations of mobile augmented reality apps developed by these educators. The results illustrate the suitability of the framework and authoring tool for supporting users without programming skills in developing their own apps.

Design of an Augmented Reality Component from the Theory of Agents for Smart Classrooms

This paper defines an Augmented Reality component for a Smart Classroom. In previous work, it has been defined an architecture of a Smart Classroom, called SaCI. The SaCI architecture is based on agents. Particularly, SaCI is defined as a community of agents, which provides services between them. This paper proposes the design of the agent that provides services of augmented reality to display, design, etc., augmented scenarios. In addition, a prototype of the agent of augmented reality is developed. Finally, the impact of the agent is evaluated based on criteria that characterize the use of the Augmented Reality in SaCI. The results are promising, for the impact on students, at motivational and memorization levels, among others.