Learning through augmented reality mobile game application

In the recent years, mobile technology has been in a growing trend and industry started to look into how mobile applications can assist in promoting education and improves business. School of Interactive and Digital Media (SIDM), Nanyang Polytechnic, as a school decided to look into mobile game development three years ago and added Android and IOS development into the curriculum for the Diplomas. Students are tasked with Client-based Mobile applications for their Final Year Projects and most projects are in periods of 3-6 months duration. The school see potential on projects for edutainment while the technology of Augmented Reality (AR) became a research topic to enhance the user experiment on using the mobile application. The mobile application created is targeted at young users from ages 7-12 and aims to educate young kids and teenagers how to be responsible pet owners. Through interactive 3D animated characters and games, tips of pet care are presented to the users.