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Augmented Reality (AR)

Augmented Reality (AR) Looking at a picture of an object is our smartphones that seems rising (like the pictures below) and able to be rotated three sixty degree is interesting , isn't it?  To have this, it require a technology that is called as augmented reality (AR). 'augment' means to increase or to add to the existing reality. AR basically a technology that superimposes an image that is generated from computer on the view of the real world, then producing a composite view. It is kind of an interactive digital experience of the real object that is being 'augmented'. AR is used in smartphones apps which employ the phone's camera in order to show the real world in front of us. If you ever heard or play POKEMON GO, you had actually came across the AR. AR is something like we give a life to a non-living object. The other famous example of AR application is the IKEA apps. By using this app, customers are able to select their desired furniture the

Virtual Reality (VR)

Salam 'alaik,  Would you like to experience the fun ride in Disneyland without travelling there in reality? or going on a trip to our desirable places to visit? Plus we want to experience it anytime we prefer. This is possible but we merely able to experience it virtually and this is what we call virtual reality (VR).  VR is a technology which serves as  an interactive computer-generated experience in a simulated environment. It integrates mainly auditory and visual feedback, but may also allow other types of sensory feedback. This immersive environment can be similar to the real world or it can be fantastical.   Google VR box The application of VR can be found mostly from games. However, it also can be applied in education in order to enhance students' learning in classroom. Through VR, we are able to experience anything or places as if we are really there. Smartphone is one of the tools that can be utilised to apply VR. Once it is on the screen, we can move our m

Concept Mapping

Salam 'alaik,  InshaAllah, today I would like to share about what I've been learning from my Master course that is CONCEPT MAPPING. We did it practically during the lesson, not just learning it by theory. This hands on experience really intrigued me.  Concept Mapping is a verb.  It is  a way to connect the knowledge of certain topics based on its concepts while Concept Map is a noun where  it is a type of graphic organizer used to help students organize and represent knowledge of a subject.  Concept maps  begin with a main idea (or c oncept ) and then branch out to show how that the ideas are connected to the other ideas. In order to link the concepts, we need to start a sentence by a quantity and end it also by a quantity.  Our lecturer, Dr NurulHuda had introduced a website  where we able to apply doing concept map. We practiced using this software by applying 2 topics. The first concept map is for the States of Matter and the second one is for the Trend in Educationa