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Design of an Intrinsically Motivating AR Experience for Environmental Awareness
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Researchers designed an augmented reality learning experience called 'Resized Plastic' to raise environmental awareness about microplastics by leveraging intrinsic motivation principles. The experience was built on Dunleavy's AR framework to provide users with a systemic overview of the microplastics issue and connect it to everyday actions.
Abstract Augmented Reality seems a promising tool to provide engaging and effective educational experiences, thanks to its potentiality in stimulating intrinsic motivation, that could influence the learning process and the attitude of the users towards behaviours. This paper presents the Resized Plastic Augmented Reality learning experience, designed on the basis of Dunleavy's framework to provide a systemic overview of the microplastics issue to allow users to understand its mechanisms, educate them about their role in the system and help them to connect this information to their everyday actions.
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