5 Awesome Educative Augmented Reality Apps

The idea of augmented reality has been there for a while, but still many cell phone users are not familiar with it, or think that it is a very new idea. Latest (and amazing) technologies like Google’s augmented reality glasses are still being tested. But this thing definitely shows that the augmented reality is getting more and more advanced and sophisticated day by day.

Although, the Google Glasses have not been launched officially yet, but many of the awesome augmented reality apps are already present out there. These apps can work really efficiently. First they were just used for fun, but now they are being used more seriously for educational purposes. These apps are changing the way students used to study and help them learn in an ameliorated way.

So today we have a list of 5 Awesome Educative Augmented Reality Apps. Check them out and get the one you like the best!

Here we go!

Google Sky Map

Price: Free

For Android

Google Sky Map is a really cool augmented reality astronomy app. It lets you view and identify stars constellations in the sky using the camera of your mobile phone. Just hold your mobile phone in the direction of the sky, and get to know which stars or planets etc you are looking at. Now you can easy identify a thing in sky and know if it is a star, a planet, a satellite or something else! This app requires Android 1.6 or higher to work.

Acrossair

Price: Free

For iOS

This one is a really cool browser that can be used in real-world surroundings for meliorated learning experience. This browser boasts some really nice apps. Using it finding locations near you and sharing your locations with your friends is possible. Using this app you can make classroom projects and better participate in classroom topics. Engaging in classroom discussions through Twitter AR is also made possible by this app. Send out a tweet, then launch this app too view latest tweets by people near you through geotagging technology. On the whole, it is an amazing app!

GeoGoggle

Price: Free

For Android

GeoGoggle is an augmented reality app which makes learning geography skills quite easy. It lets you judge distances to certain places. It can help you learn measurement like latitude and longitude by employing GeoGoggle to your real-world surroundings. It also allows calculating altitude and the distance between two specific points utilizing a 3D compass. This apps needs Android 2.1 or higher to work.

ZooBurst

Price: Free

For iOS

ZooBurst is a handy app for elementary students for learning through visual imaging. This app allows students to become a part of a story. It lets you design storybooks with 3-D characters. Customization of these stories is possible using pictures from a collection of thousands of pictures. You can also use Adobe flash animations, narrations, and speech balloons. After completion of the story, you have an option to become its part using a webcam. Clicking on the characters for learning more about them is also possible. This app can also be utilized by students for making presentations and communicating complex ideas and difficult to understand.

FETCH! Lunch Rush

Price: Free

For iOS

FETCH! Lunch Rush is a new app by PBS KIDS. This augmented reality app can help elementary students learn math skills easily and quickly, and in a fun way! It is a 3-D app which utilizes your phone’s camera for placing graphics on your camera on your surroundings. You then can add and subtract your surroundings through visualization. This app can make learning math a breeze. It works with iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.