An Online Platform for Enhancing Learning Experiences with Web-Based Augmented Reality and Pictorial Bar Code

Lacking the teaching materials is one of the common problems of the education system, especially in developing countries. The teachers attempt to give as much theoretical knowledge as possible to students while forgetting to train them with practical activities and ways of self-thinking. Augmented Reality (AR) provides the capability to overlay virtual information onto educational textbooks which makes them more attractive; hence, motivates students to learn. In this chapter, we present an online AR study platform which is capable of running on an everyday handset without requiring any software installation. It could provide a stress-free, low-cost, portable and promising solutio to use within the educational environment. In addition, they introduce a new transparent AR marker concept that could combine the advantages of the original template markers and barcode markers.