Augmented Reality Education Tool for Children with Learning Disabilities

In this paper, we have discussed the basics of augmented reality, its functionality, its working and its application in the field of education for children with learning disabilities or special needs. Augmented reality provides a very interactive, vibrant and insightful aspect to traditional learning. It allows combining a myriad multimedia objects; such as, images, videos, audio files and three dimensional object models. To further understand its objective, we have also explained the multiple learning disabilities and how this education tool serves as a better education tool. Depending on the type of learning disability, different kids have different educational requirements. Some disabilities cause them to have a range of emotional responses based on application components like colors and the interaction interface, etc. Therefore, special consideration has to be given to the design and interface of educational tools targeted at these children. Special focus is laid on its performance ability and current status of technology oriented education tool in India. We have verified this by creating a prototype education tool as per the needs of two educational organizations in Mumbai and testing the tool in an experimental class to analyze the impact and limitations. Our education tool comprehensively addresses the diverse range of factors that need to be kept in mind while designing educational applications for children with the specific learning disabilities. In this paper, we explain the specific components of our application using which we have achieved the totality required for an education tool that deals with an especially sensitive class of students.