Four schools in Ernakulam adopt augmented reality for online classes

While normal online classrooms rely on two-dimensional images on screens to communicate, augmented reality brings ideas and concepts virtually alive in three dimensions

Three aided schools and a public school in Ernakulam district under the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly will offer online classes backed by augmented reality, adding a new dimension to virtual classrooms. While normal online classrooms rely on two-dimensional images on screens to communicate, augmented reality adds a new dimension, bringing ideas and concepts virtually alive in three dimensions. Augmented reality helps stimulate the senses better, and it helps children grab concepts and ideas faster and easier, said Liju P. Alex, principal, St. Antony’s Public School, Kizhakkambalam. She added that the school was equipped to offer online classes with augmented reality for students of LKG to Standard XII. Augmented reality classes will be available also to students of St. Antony’s LP School, St. Joseph’s High School, and St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School, said Father Francis Areeckal, who is leading the new technology drive in schools.