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From DSC:<\/span><\/em> What if augmented reality could help bring something that’s harder to picture\/understand\/grasp to life?<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n What if, for example, you could point your mobile device at an object\/piece of paper\/”button” on a main screen and have an animation pop up that would explain what’s being discussed…?\u00a0<\/strong> I realize this is being done in some areas (even in elementary apps such as ColAR App<\/a>), but I think we are largely leaving this area untapped and we’re missing out on a powerful, potential way of engaging students and inviting interactivity.<\/span><\/p>\n For example, I had a very difficult time grasping organic chemistry — and the “weeding out” method worked on me big time!\u00a0 That course had a lot to due with me questioning my future as a pre-med student and I ended up dropping out of pre-med (a good decision, but heh, why blow the story now?).\u00a0\u00a0 Being a student who prefers visuals, I think that it would have helped me greatly if I could have seen — and ideally manipulated — models and animations in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n For example:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\nWhen I woke up last night, an idea surfaced to the forefront of my thinking. It had to do with augmented reality. I wondered (and tried to picture)…
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