Interacting with Three-Dimensional Molecular Structures Using an Augmented Reality Mobile App
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High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Visualization of three-dimensional (3D) elements has always played a huge role in chemistry education. At the same time, it is a challenge to teach with most representations being shown in two-dimensional (2D) media. With the recent rise of extended reality (XR) that includes virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology in higher education, attempts have been made at presenting 2D representations to students in a manner that is easier to understand. However, the effectiveness of said attempts has limitations. Our AR project has developed a free-to-use mobile application “Nucleophile’s Point of View” (NuPOV) that aims to address these limitations. By allowing users to not only view chemistry concepts in an AR setting but also interact with them by hand, they are able to learn and understand at a deeper level through an individualized and self-directed learning experience. Our study has shown that such an approach proved to be relatively well-received by students.
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Elford, D., Lancaster, S. J., & Jones, G. A. (2022) · Journal of Chemical Education · doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00428 · Cited by 49 · see citing works
- Authors
- Aw, J. K., Boellaard, K. C., Tan, T. K., Yap, J., Loh, Y. P., Colasson, B., Blanc, É., Lam, Y., & Fung, F. M.
- Affiliations
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Inserm (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Aw, Jonah Kailer
- Boellaard, Kevin Christopher
- Fung, Fun Man
- Venue
- Journal of Chemical Education
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2020-08-11
- Volume
- 97
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 3877-3881
- ISSN
- 0021-9584 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-1328
- OpenAlex
- W3048468541
- Cited by
- 72
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 4.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Chemical Education (publishedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Universit? Sorbonne Paris Cit? (2019-01-EDU/USPC-NUS)
- National University of Singapore (2019-01-EDU/USPC-NUS)
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Augmented Reality Applications
- Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Physical and Theoretical Chemistry › Various Chemistry Research Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Multimedia Learning Systems
- Keywords
- augmented reality, mobile application, 3D molecular structure, chemistry education, extended reality, hand interaction, self-directed learning, student perceptions
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