Advantages of adopting AR

• Interactive Teaching

Augmented reality provides visual stimulation that sparks enthusiasm among students and encourages them to participate in the learning experience.

• Active Student Involvement

As students are actively involved in the learning process there will be a greater percentage of information retained as compared to information that is simply delivered or presented to them.

• Increased Comprehension of Abstract Concepts

Since augmented reality can add additional layers of information, many abstract concepts can be augmented to source additional information to help in understanding the concepts.

• Presentation of Objects in 3D

Many spatial problems are quite difficult to grasp in 2D media and through augmented reality, they could be presented in 3D to support the development of spatial abilities.

• Engagement Layer

Compliment traditional text-based learning, by providing supporting (interactive) images, which will likely enhance knowledge construction for audio-visual learners who don’t fare as well in reading and writing based environments.

• Information Layer

Provides additional layers of information related to things, people, or places.  This could be especially beneficial in museums where a video clip could be played when the learner activates the AR signal.