Análisis, Diseño y Desarrollo del Prototipo de Aplicación Móvil Articulado con Realidad Aumentada para Cuentos Cortos Dirigido a Niños de Entre 7 a 12 Años de Edad

Abstract

The world is witnessing a wave of technological advancements that continues to grow at an accelerated rate, year after year. It has challenged paradigms and reinvented itself to achieve what many would consider to be a work of science fiction. One technological advancement that continues to be at the forefront of innovation is Augmented Reality (AR), which presents itself as the a new companion to society--optimizing complex processes and generating new applications for daily living. This project explores the low production of technology, the low interest children have towards productive reading and highlights the flaws found in the current educational model. After analyzing the relationship between the explored topics mentioned above, a conclusion is presented: There is a lack of technological innovation geared towards the creative and cognitive development of children, and lack of production of Information Technology (ciencia, tecnología e informatica, in Spanish) in Colombia. From this point, a further investigation is presented of the new developments in the area of AR, its common uses, and potential areas of innovation where the application of this technology has remained unexplored. It is then highlighted how such a tool could achieve a drastic change in the way youngsters interact with reading material, making it more interactive and attractive. Furthermore, it should incentivize young readers to explore their imagination and become more engaged in the world around them, and motivate them to look for solutions to common problems. It is for these reasons that there is a need for developing an application that shows the potential of AR as a tool for interactive reading, in the form of a short story for children between the ages of 7 and 12 years old.