Using Augmented Reality as a Medium for Teaching History and Tourism
Jiří Kysela, Pavla Štorková · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · 2015
This article discusses the use of new media in education and shows new opportunities but also risks of the use of these technologies, especially in the tourism and history. New media through a new user interface facilitates controlling of mobile applications thanks to motion and geolocation sensors and allows the data visualization in dependence on the surroundings of the user. The article will focus on the technology of augmented reality (AR) and describe how this technology can be used in education. Augmented reality is one of the newest technologies, which offers new ways how to educate effectively and attractively.