Experimentos virtuais na área de química com realidade aumentada

Abstract

The teaching of chemistry based only on theoretical grounds, based on memorization of equations and names, eventually make it a discipline of understanding difficult and uninteresting. Already the experimentation is considered the most effective way to increase students’ interest in the science. But this is not always possible for shortage of resources or absence of school laboratories, considered essential for chemistry teaching. As the various techniques proposed to minimize the effects of the lack of laboratories in schools were not sufficient to solve the problem, this paper presentes the development of virtual experiments based on augmented reality as another way to provide students with laboratory practice. For this, were studied the characteristics of the main techniques proposed as alternatives to the traditional labs, the main tools of tracking and detection of markers, renders and 3d modeling softwares, allowing the construction of a augmented reality system capable of simulating three chemistry experiments with a low cost.