An Augmented Reality Greenhouse to Demonstrate Game-Based Learning

Augmented Reality is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by information generated by a computing device. We propose a mobile-based AR application that provides an immersive simulation of a portable plant nurturing experience. The application utilizes the Unity AR Foundation framework to augment a portal to their own virtual garden. The user is able to explore their garden, build terraria, nurture and maintain various plants, thus providing an end-to-end simulation. This is a novel approach in experimental learning. We explore and evaluate concepts of information absorption, immersion, user satisfaction and experience emotions by conducting a comparative study between traditional E-learning methodology and E-learning using AR.