Design of Augmented Reality Learning System and Analysis of its Effectiveness on Cognitive Load and Technical Skills of Engineering Students

Abstract

Augmented Reality is a technology which superimposes newlinecomputer-generated virtual content on the physical objects in the newlinecomputer-generated real scene. The technology can influence the user newlineexperience in dealing with real physical objects. It utilizes computer newlinehardware for computing and visualizing the virtual content in the real newlinescene. Augmented Reality has a wide range of applications in the field of newlineautomotive, architecture design, medical, education, and military newlineapplications. In the education sector, Augmented Reality has a great newlineprospect due to its visualization capabilities. Augmented Reality has been newlineused extensively for demonstrating the different scenarios, difficult newlineconcepts, and theories to the students which they can see in normally. In newlineengineering education, laboratories are of great importance as they newlineprovide practical exposure to the students. But there are certain newlinechallenges which students and teachers face during the course of action. newlineThe following are the challenges which were faced during the laboratory newlinecourses: The cost of procuring the expensive laboratory equipment; The newlinetime constraint of students for availing laboratory facilities, as laboratory newlinewas utilized in other courses also; The risk of damaging the equipment newlinewhen operating it without the instructor support; The student face newlineproblems in operating the complex laboratory equipment due to lack of newlineexpertise and time. newline