An Augmented Reality Teaching Platform for Physical and Interactive Remote Learning

2019冠状病毒病大流行已经并将继续对学校、学院和大学等学术和教育组织产生重大影响。现有学生不得不继续在网上学习，新生的录取可能会受到重大影响，至少在即将到来的学年是这样。就大学而言，这占学生学费收入的很大一部分。虽然一些教学已经转移到远程，但仍有许多教育和教学领域依赖于物理设备、实验室或教学空间，无法在网上复制。该项目将开发一个平台，通过使用增强现实（AR）和虚拟现实硬件，可以远程执行这些领域的教学。具体而言，我们将：*实施一个允许在AR和VR设备上管理远程学习课程的系统。*重点关注因COVID-19大流行期间转向远程学习而受到影响的特定教学领域。*在我们选择的教学领域内，开发一个概念验证教程，代表短期课程的一部分。*与学术机构合作，在2020/2021学年部署这些概念验证方案。

The COVID-19 pandemic has had and continues to have a considerable impact on academic and educational organisations such as schools, colleges and universities. Existing students are having to continue their studies online, and the admissions for new students are likely to be significantly affected, at least for the upcoming academic year. In the case of universities, this represents a significant portion of their student fees income.While some teaching has moved remotely, there are many areas of education and teaching that rely on physical equipment, laboratories or teaching spaces that cannot be replicated online.This project will develop a platform on which teaching in these areas can be performed remotely through the use of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality hardware. Specifically, we will:* Implement a system that allows the management of remote learning sessions on AR and VR devices.* Focus on a particular area of teaching that has been impacted as a result of the move to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.* Develop a proof-of-concept tutorial session, representing part of a short course, within our chosen teaching area.* Work with academic institutions to deploy these proof of concept scenarios within the 2020/2021 academic year.