Using augmented reality to promote an understanding of materials science to school children

ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2008 Educators Programme, SIGGRAPH Asia'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Tan, Kevin T W ^a   Lewis, Emma M ^a   Avis, Nick J ^b   Withers, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Emerging technologies; Materials; Virtual learning environments

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AIR SHOWS; EDUCATIONAL AREA; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; EVALUATION RESULTS; MANCHESTER; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SCHOOL TEACHERS; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS;

AUGMENTED REALITY; E-LEARNING; FEEDBACK; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TEACHING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARGON;

EID: 67650668196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1507713.1507716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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