TreasureHunt (iOS) An augmented reality Mathematics app specifically for New Zealand schools. It has been designed as an introduction to augmented reality and shows how it can enhance the learning of mathematics and the development of 21st century competencies. "Augmented RealityTreasure Hunt” and is a mathematics unit of work set in the context of a four-day treasure hunt. Students work collaboratively to find clues on 3D objects that magically appear in their classroom. The clues collected over the first three days leads to ‘real’ treasure on the fourth day.

Note: Requires an Apple device with iOS 11.0 or later ( i.e. an iPad Pro or 5th generation iPad or an iPhone SE, 6s or newer).

Actionbound (iOS, Android) A bound is an interactive smartphone rally. With the Actionbound app, you can take part in exciting, fun, and informative bounds. The principle is similar to a classical scavenger hunt or geocaching, but it also includes media files, internet, and player-created content. You don't need an internet connection, as The Bound's media content will be preloaded. This applies to all content like quests, text, images, videos and sounds uploaded to Actionbounds' media library. Multiple Bound players use one smartphone together. They will play as a team to reach a good result. The optimal group size would be three to six Bound players, but at least two Bound players are required. There are a number of New Zealand Actionbound quests already loaded.

The program quite literally augments our reality by enhancing peoples’ real-life interaction whilst using their smartphones and tablets. You can create a digital timeline of events or a places of interest tour, with the use of GPS coordinates and pre-placed codes and mysteries. Publish your amazing race for students and let them play it as iPad rally, tablet tour, scavenger hunt, paper chase or treasure hunt or manage as guided tour of something.

QR Code Generators and Readers (web, iOS, Android) Create Scavenger hunts. Augmented Reality (AR) experiences can be attached to physical locations. For instance, experiences may have a QR code—a visual indicator such as a barcode - that can be printed out and attached to practically anything, large or small. Scanning a QR code with a phone or tablet launches an experience right away. Teachers can gamify their classrooms by attaching QR codes to various physical objects in the room, and even gamify entire schools. Experiences can instruct students to perform physical activities like jumping jacks or pushups, and take videos showing that they have completed the requirements.

Augmented and Virtual field trips

AR experiences may also be placed at physical locations by using GPS coordinates. Some teachers have augmented their field trips and added layers of learning and interaction to the day’s activity. Using their computer, a teacher simply picks points on a map where the field trip will take place, and places experiences at points of interest. During the trip, students use their devices to interact with these experiences. No QR codes required! Teachers in Europe have shared photos of augmented castle field trips. Many schools are using VR to expand the possibilities for viewing, drawing, and exploring different environments across the curriculum.

Google Expeditions (web) Teacher-created virtual expeditions are a great way to let students experience Antarctica, Machu Picchu, or even Mars in virtual reality, but the content is relatively limited. What if you could make your own? Well, you can! Using VR headsets like Google Cardboard, teachers have been creating augmented reality experiences that embed 360-degree photos or 360-degree videos in virtual reality. Google is also creating AR experiences where students can explore 3D models of volcanoes, the human body, and more, all of which “appear” in class just like Pokemon Go’s Jigglypuff showed up in players’ living rooms. Unlike Pokémon Go, there’s no gamification going on here—for that, teachers have to get a little more creative.

Metaverse (web) Student creations—no coding required. FREE Augmented Reality Platform that is being used by thousands of teachers to build all kinds of interactive learning experiences for their classrooms. Students can also create their own augmented reality experiences in a single class period to demonstrate learning. Not only do students find this creative activity fun to do, but they also end up with a final product that they can play and share with friends and family outside the classroom. Because some platforms, including the Metaverse AR Platform, don’t require any code to make this happen, teachers have been able to facilitate these types of activities across all year levels and subjects, not just computer science.

Digital puzzle boxes — breakouts

Teachers can create activities similar to those in BreakoutEDU (which has a cost attached if you want to buy a kit) but instead they configure a set of challenges on a computer, and students engage with these challenges via a smartphone, tablet, or Chromebook. The tools make it easy to set timers and enforce gameplay; some experiences may be short, while others may take place over multiple periods or even entire terms. Team experiences teach collaboration skills, distribution of responsibilities, specialisation and social and emotional learning skills.

AR Source: www.edsurge.com/news/2018-01-22-five-ways-teachers-can-use-and-create-augmented-reality-experiences