Designing an AR-Based Materials Library for Higher Education: Offering a Four-Know Learning Structure for Design and Engineering Students

Yuanyuan Xu, Mengjie Huang*, Wenxin Sun, Rui Yang, Massimo Imparato, Hai Ning Liang

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The development of immersive technologies can offer broader possibilities to future-oriented materials education in Design and Engineering. Augmented reality (AR) is an immersive technology that delivers a variety of information superimposed on top of the physical world via see-through glasses. Incorporating sensorial experiences provided by the physical materials library and the informative benefits of AR technology, an AR materials library comprising the Four-Know framework is proposed. Aside from material information retrieval, this library supplements sensory experience by overlapping the virtual model with specific materials in the real world. After the development of the user interface and AR functionalities, students with design and engineering backgrounds participated in a user test. The results indicated that the proposed design provided positive outcomes. In the future, this AR-based materials library is expected to serve as a design guide for the materials learning community and can be extended to other disciplines in higher education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationImmersive Learning Research Network - 9th International Conference, iLRN 2023, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsMarie-Luce Bourguet, Jule M. Krüger, Daniela Pedrosa, Andreas Dengel, Anasol Peña-Rios, Jonathon Richter
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages250-259
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783031473272
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2023 - San Luis Obispo, United States
Duration: 26 Jun 202329 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1904 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference9th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network, iLRN 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Luis Obispo
Period26/06/2329/06/23

Keywords

  • Augmented Reality
  • Design and Engineering Education
  • Disciplinary Communication
  • Material Learning Framework
  • Materials Library

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