Authoring Tools for Augmented Reality: An Analysis and Classification of Content Design Tools

Roberto, Rafael; Lima, João Paulo; Mota, Roberta Cabral; Teichrieb, Verônica

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40406-6_22

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“…One reason might be that we have few projects exploring AR for education. Time and technical expertise are two of the reasons that hinder the far-reaching use of authoring tools for educational AR-based projects [Roberto et al 2016].…”

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An Investigation on How Teachers are Using Augmented Reality in Their Lessons

Silva¹,

Radu²,

Schneider³

et al. 2018

Anais Do XXIX Simpósio Brasileiro De Informática Na Educação (SBIE 2018)

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Educational possibilities using Augmented Reality (AR) have been increasingly recognized by researchers and practitioners. This work aims to characterize teachers who currently use AR and understand their needs, expectations and limitations. Seven teachers and two coordinators were interviewed to understand what tools they are using, as well as why and how they were used. Data have shown that this use is still limited. Content creation was even more limited. We observed the need for authoring tools that are more user-friendly and enable both teachers and students to create content independently, as well as to evaluate learning in more flexible ways.Resumo. As possibilidades educacionais usando Realidade Aumentada (RA) têm sido cada vez mais reconhecidas pelos pesquisadores e profissionais. Este trabalho tem como objetivo caracterizar professores que atualmente usam RA e entender suas necessidades, expectativas e limitações. Sete professores e dois coordenadores foram entrevistados para entender quais ferramentas estão usando, bem como por que e como elas estão sendo usadas. Os dados mostraram que esse uso aindaé limitado. A criação de conteúdo foi ainda mais limitada. Observamos a necessidade de ferramentas de autoria que sejam mais fáceis de usar e que possibilitem professores e alunos criar conteúdo de maneira independente, bem como avaliar o aprendizado de maneiras mais flexíveis.

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An Investigation on How Teachers are Using Augmented Reality in Their Lessons

Silva¹,

Radu²,

Schneider³

et al. 2018

Anais Do XXIX Simpósio Brasileiro De Informática Na Educação (SBIE 2018)

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“…Plug-ins to existing developer tools and standalone authoring tools do enable end users to create their own AR content easily with minimal computer skills, though the content is mostly very simple [8]. Authoring paradigms, deployment strategies and dataflow models vary among different authoring tools [37]. Many 2D graphical tools provide a user-friendly approach to placing virtual objects in mixed reality scenes, for instance by setting overlays to be shown when an image target is identified [20].…”

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CAVE-AR: A VR Authoring System to Interactively Design, Simulate, and Debug Multi-user AR Experiences

Cavallo

Forbes

2019

2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)

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Figure 1: CAVE-AR is a virtual reality (VR) authoring tool aimed at assisting designers in creating, simulating and debugging augmented reality (AR) experiences. In the left image, a user in the real world is seeing AR content through his mobile device. On the right, a second user is able to monitor in real-time, through our authoring system, what the real-world user is seeing, and debug eventual faults. A dedicated panel displays hardware information about the user's mobile device (a), whose horizontal positioning accuracy is represented by a red circle (b). Two additional views display the estimated perspective of the user (c) and the live AR video feed from the device camera (d). ABSTRACTDespite advances in augmented reality (AR), the process of creating meaningful experiences with this technology is still extremely challenging. Due to different tracking implementations and hardware constraints, developing AR applications either requires low-level programming skills, or is done through specific authoring tools that largely sacrifice the possibility of customizing the AR experience. Existing development workflows also do not support previewing or simulating the AR experience, requiring a lengthy process of trial and error by which content creators deploy and physically test applications in each iteration. To mitigate these limitations, we propose CAVE-AR, a novel virtual reality system for authoring, simulating and debugging custom augmented reality experiences. Available both as a standalone or a plug-in tool, CAVE-AR is based on the concept of representing in the same global reference system both in AR content and tracking information, mixing geographical information, architectural features, and sensor data to simulate the context of an AR experience. Thanks to its novel abstraction of existing tracking technologies, CAVE-AR operates independently of users' devices, and integrates with existing programming tools to provide maximum flexibility. Our VR application provides designers with ways to create and modify an AR application, even while others are in the midst of using it. CAVE-AR further allows the designer to track how users are behav-*

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“…AR educational experiences are different due to numerous reasons, including: (a) support of seamless interaction between real and virtual environments, (b) use of a tangible interface metaphor for object manipulation, and (c) ability to transition smoothly between reality and virtuality [Billinghurst and Duenser 2012]. However, for these tools to be widespread in this field it is important to have suitable authoring tools as time and technical expertise are two of the reasons that hinder the far-reaching use of authoring tools [Roberto et al 2016]. Thus, we observe the need to work on AR authoring tools for education.…”

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“…Authoring tools can be categorized in two broad categories: AR authoring for programmers and for non-programmers [Roberto et al 2016]. The former requires programming knowledge from the user and usually refers to code libraries (e.g: ARToolkit).…”

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What are Teachers Needs Concerning Augmented Reality Digital Authoring Tools?

Silva¹,

Teichrieb²,

Smith³

2019

Anais Dos Workshops Do VIII Congresso Brasileiro De Informática Na Educação (CBIE 2019)

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This Ph.D. research aims to investigate authoring tools for augmented reality (AR) applications devoted to education. We investigate teacher's ways of work, how they prepare their lessons and select materials to be used as well as how current technology has been used in their practice. Based on the results, we will propose an authoring tool that would make sense to teacher's needs and abilities and would be coherent with the constraints they might face.

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Authoring Tools for Augmented Reality: An Analysis and Classification of Content Design Tools

Cited by 16 publications

References 14 publications

An Investigation on How Teachers are Using Augmented Reality in Their Lessons

An Investigation on How Teachers are Using Augmented Reality in Their Lessons

CAVE-AR: A VR Authoring System to Interactively Design, Simulate, and Debug Multi-user AR Experiences

What are Teachers Needs Concerning Augmented Reality Digital Authoring Tools?

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