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Tools used: Zapworks Designer, Google slides and Canva for images and content
To experience each prototype, scan the QR code on each image with your phone camera. The other option is to download the Zapper mobile app and scan the zapcode with the app. After scanning the code, launch it, and allow access. This is a typical prompt that Zapworks requires to go through to access the AR experience every time.
Once the AR elements appear on the image, you should be able to tap on any of the buttons to explore. Some prototypes will have directions and some won't.
Zapworks can get glitchy at times and the projected visuals or elements can be off centered. This might be the case for the last prototype. If this occurs, try to focus on the image as much as possible for the AR visuals to align accurately, adjust the camera position farther back to capture the whole image, or tilt it forward. If this doesn't work, close it out and rescan the code to start over.
AR Invitations
Instead of just a plain invitation, adding an AR experience to your invitation is a fun way to promote your event! You can include helpful information and music to hype it up and provide a preview of what it's like to attend. The RSVP example is not realistic, but just for show. In actuality, you can create a button or image that links to the RSVP form. You can also just simply have a QR code that links to an RSVP form.
AR Videos
This next prototype shows how you can use videos in AR to enhance a “How To” type of learning experience. If you are in the food, restaurant, or cooking industry, you can always supplement your menus, or recipes with a QR code to a demo video. Your audience would definitely appreciate it and be able to better understand how to follow your recipe and enjoy your food. In business settings, you can have QR codes for operations such as how to use the copying machine, fax, coffee machine, etc. It makes video and visuals portable and more accessible.
AR Postcards
This is another example that demonstrates how adding an AR experience to a regular piece of paper can make it more "fun." This one takes the experience and makes use of the 3D spacing to extend the visuals to create a more immersive feel when reading the postcard content or viewing the video and images.
AR for Micro and Mobile Learning
Inspired by the more advanced AR tech still in development for army tactical trainings that utilizes lenses to project AR information on tagged objects in real life, this is a simplified version of the experience through the phone instead of lenses. The idea is that if you focus your phone camera on an object in real life, it would project information about that object to help you make a decision on how to interact with it.
Experiencing this training via AR versus just an online course makes it more immersive and authentic. The audience completes a simulation that projects what this may look like in more advanced image tagged army tactical trainings. However, the topic and skills are presented in a way that applies to everyday life scenarios. This prototype showcases the capability to create short scenario and branching AR experiences with Zapworks.
Overall, it's important to consider if using AR will contribute to meeting the purpose or goal of a learning experience. It should be used intentionally, considering the context and the specific topic being presented.
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