Remote Hands-On Experience: Distributed Collaboration with Augmented Reality

  • Authors:
  • Matthias Krauß;Kai Riege;Marcus Winter;Lyn Pemberton

  • Affiliations:
  • Fraunhofer IAIS, Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin, Germany 53754;Fraunhofer IAIS, Schloss Birlinghoven, Sankt Augustin, Germany 53754;School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK BN2 4GJ;School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences, University of Brighton, Brighton, UK BN2 4GJ

  • Venue:
  • EC-TEL '09 Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning: Learning in the Synergy of Multiple Disciplines
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

One claim of Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) is to support and exploit benefits from distance learning and remote collaboration. On the other hand, several approaches to learning emphasize the importance of hands-on experience. Unfortunately, these two goals don't go well together with traditional learning techniques. Even though TEL technologies can alleviate this problem, it is not sufficiently solved yet - remote collaboration usually comes at the cost of losing direct hands-on access. The ARiSE project aimed at bringing Augmented Reality (AR) to School Environments, a technology that can potentially bridge the gap between the two goals mentioned. The project has designed, implemented and evaluated a pedagogical reference scenario where students worked hands-on together over large distances. This paper describes the AR learning approach we followed and discusses its implementation and its future potential. It shows a simple and successful distributed AR learning approach and suggests features for improvement.