RAAM: Uma aplicação móvel de realidade aumentada como ferramenta de apoio ao ensino sobre as mesorregiões do Estado do Amazonas

Abstract

The Augmented Reality (AR) is one of the emerging technologies that has gained space in the area of ​​informatics in education. This technology blends virtual objects into the real world (dynamic images, spatial sounds, tactile sensations), adopting computer vision techniques. These objects can be generated from technological resources in real time and properly positioned in space, being able to display objects with a wealth of detail. In the educational context, the use of AR has many advantages and one of the main ones is the motivation of students and users in general, since it makes the acquisition of knowledge more dynamic, pleasant and efficient. For this reason, the RA has visual resources that allow to expose in a more detailed form contents that, by nature, have abstract, complex or theoretical characteristics. In this perspective, this work presents the development of a mobile application of RA as a support tool in the teaching of contents about the environmental and geographic characterization of the mesoregions of the state of Amazonas. The Amazon mesoregions have specific and diversified characteristics, in which, in general, they are exposed with a theoretical methodology. Because of this, the RA resources enable visual representation through three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) objects that characterize the fauna and flora of these mesoregions, giving students a broader understanding of the state's biodiversity.