Creating an Augmented Book from a Geography Textbook

Abstract

With the popularization of mobile devices, Augmented Reality has been increasing the offer of additional support in education. One of the applications is the augmented book that adds virtual features in printed books. Textbooks are an expensive investment for government, but students are big consumers of digital material. In this work, we have developed an experiment in which we model maps from the textbook of three aspects of the African continent so that students can visualize them in 3D on their smartphones. We conducted a section where they used the application and then held a competition in teams answering questions based on the maps of the application. Pre and post-tests were administered to verify if there was any improvement in performance, and students completed a six-question survey to answer their satisfaction with the application and experience.