Visible to the public Look Inside: Understanding Thermal Flux Through Augmented Reality

TitleLook Inside: Understanding Thermal Flux Through Augmented Reality
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsKnierim, Pascal, Kiss, Francisco, Schmidt, Albrecht
Conference Name2018 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)
Date PublishedOct. 2018
PublisherIEEE
ISBN Number978-1-5386-7592-2
Keywordsattention split, augmented reality, augmented reality environment, computer aided instruction, data visualisation, Data visualization, engineering education, false-color visualization, H.5.m [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Miscellaneous, Heating systems, high school, Human Behavior, learning material, mixed reality application, perception gap, Physics, physics computing, privacy, Prototypes, pubcrawl, real-time augmentation, Real-time Systems, resilience, Scalability, science technology engineering mathematics field, thermal flux, university dropout rate, virtual reality environment
AbstractThe transition from high school to university is an exciting time for students including many new challenges. Particularly in the field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the university dropout rate may reach up to 40%. The studies of physics rely on many abstract concepts and quantities that are not directly visible like energy or heat. We developed a mixed reality application for education, which augments the thermal conduction of metal by overlaying a representation of temperature as false-color visualization directly onto the object. This real-time augmentation avoids attention split and overcomes the perception gap by amplifying the human eye. Augmented and Virtual Reality environments allow students to perform experiments that were impossible to conduct for security or financial reasons. With the application, we try to foster a deeper understanding of the learning material and higher engagement during the studies.
URLhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8699216
DOI10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00059
Citation Keyknierim_look_2018