AUGMENTED REALITY

Hello all ! I salute you with much love:) First of all I want to ask a question: What a realistic picture isn't it ? It seems like the giraffe has come alive in our home via our phones:) Even I become excited with this image.Can you imagine how excited our students will become when seeing their teacher brings something like that to the class ? If you imagine and decide that this kind of activity  will make your lessons more understandable, authentic and make the learning of the students easier then let's start to talk about AUGMENTED REALITY:)

Augmented reality is abbreviated as AR and generally said in this way.It is like a combination of our real world with the virtual world via our technological tools like phones, pcs, ipads and etc.In very basic terms, it can be said that with Augmented Reality your pictures, videos, gifs, 3Ds, photographs any visual tool that you seen in leaflet, pamplet etc will become alive.I want to mention about two types of Augmented Reality which are MARKER-BASED and MARKERLESS ones.In marker based augmented reality we are supposed to use kind of pictures, flashcards, photographs that is any kind of visual material.Without using any helping tool like those I have mentioned about  we can not achieve marker-based augmented reality.On the other hand, in markerless augmented reality we don't need to use any kind of tools or images except for our GPS knowledge.With this GPS knowledge of you, it will send some maps or graphics to augment your videos or pictures.

The picture above is an example of marker based augmented reality.As you can see, there is a flashcard about the earth and with the use of AR technology we see the earth not only as a picture but also a visual with the 3D quality.

And the one which you see above is an example for markerless augmented reality.I think you are familiar with the game POKEMON.It is totally benefitted from Augmented Reality  in this game.There is no flascards, pictures or any other tools apart from your phone's GPS knowledge.Actually we are living with AR technology although we are not aware of it.

Why should we use the AR technology ? Let's talk about it:

It will increase our students' attention and interest in the lesson.They will feel themselves like playing a game while learning so the learning process will not be boring or difficult for them.It will increase the critical thinking of the students and thanks to the group projects prepared with AR they will become socially interactive.They will contribute to the lesson and so the lesson will get rid of being a teacher centered one.We will have student centered classes with this technology.

It will also help the students develop themselves in their hobies.They can use AR technology in their daily life, as well.This is not a technology that limited to classrooms.As an example I want to share the picture above with you.If our students are interested in legos for example they can develop this skill seeing the things they achieve.Surely for using this kind of technology you also become a really good teacher for them rather than traditional ones.

Lastly I want to share an example of Augmented Reality prepared with the app called ARIZE.It is a marker based one done with the picture of a flower:) I hope you also love flowers like me;)

Lastly I want to suggest you some platforms that you can benefit from the Augmented Reality technology.These are: HP REVEAL, BLIPPAR, QUIVER, DEVAR, LAYAL, ZAPPAR, UNITEAR, AUGMENT 3D and surely ARIZE.Btw skecthfab is a platform in which you can find materials for your augmented reality activity:) That's all for now:) Let's get involved in this amazing world of technology with AR:) Make me know about your experiences with AR:)

Play the waiting game for the next post.We will talk about another technological tool that I am sure you like it :)Details are in the next post ! See you soon ! Take care...