Abstract:
In recent years, use of Augmented Reality (AR) has
been explored in a wide range of applications in various fields.
Among these, one of the most inquired is the field of education.
Many of these studies have shown that the use of AR in any
learning environment promotes critical thinking, better
understanding and motivates the learner for further studies. This
is due to the real-time experience that AR brings with it to the
learners. This paper reports some of the recent studies that list
positive and negative impact of AR in an educational setting and
how beneficial the employment of this technology is. The paper
also gives an overview of some of the possible and promising
applications of AR in the fields of science, social science,
mathematics and language. Furthermore, the paper discusses
trends and the vision towards future opportunities for possible
research in augmented reality for education.