USE OF AR IN EDUCATIONAL SECTOR

Technological innovations are spiking to new heights, catering to every sector. Use of technology in educational institutions is also gripping the trend to help the students learn the best and perform better in the future. Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality are being widely used by schools to virtually show the students how things look like in actual world, through which they get to know how things actually function. Augmented Reality makes the learning session more fun and engaging, it increases the level of learning interest in students because student don’t only get to read the theory but also virtual shape of product that they can analyze.

 

Augmented reality is relatively cheap compared to artificial intelligence because it doesn’t require any glasses, sensors and expensive equipment rather it only needs mobile phones, internet connections and apps from the app store. There are several different AR apps available that allow the students to place things in the classroom from their phone and examine them. The outcomes of using AR are very positive because students get to know about their interest early by looking deep into the things and their functionality. So, this helps them in choosing their related field in the future.

 

The techniques used for teaching in most parts of the world are really boring and students don’t really understand why they are studying and what impact that subject will have. On theory basis students get nothing and only focus on passing the subject. While if AR is implemented it will change the overall educational system, it will remove the hefty bags and all the paperwork, the only thing it will require is smartphones and apps over it. Teachers will also get benefits because they will know what students wants and what they have interest in, which field is better for them in the future.

 

Fields of Doctorate and Engineering will get great benefits if they learn from the AR system. Doctors study from the book and then they perform practical, if we remove the book from the bottom and implement AR systems with designated software related to medical students will be able to fully examine the body parts, how each part function. By this they will be able to understand the problems and can easily come across its solutions because everything is virtually available in front of them. For engineers, they will know how the prototype will look like or if they want to manufacture somehow, they will understand how each component is made and what it takes to complete a component. They will know where to install what and how to assemble it. Companies can also use this system to train their employees how to operate a specific equipment like in car industries they are using AR system to tell the employees this is how machines will work and assembly happens. Because of AR system they save time and increase efficiency to get more output in return.

 

If developing countries that are poor are far behind in research and innovation implementing these new technologies then they will only have a chance to survive in the future. Countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and some African countries that have no name in the field of research in the past couple of decades can get benefits from these. They should start the implementation at schools’ level to check capabilities of students where they are good at and then decide their future and put them into a better and related field according to their interest. Give students lectures on physics and chemistry through Augmented reality apps to tell them this is how things work instead of forcing them to just learn the theory. If countries adopt this method of teaching, then in next 20-30 years, they will produce some great researchers because teaching the kid from day one what he likes will give him confidence and knowledge to take it further and in return do.

 

Some research and come up with something that no one ever did. And through this he will have a name of himself and the country on world map.