Augmented Reality
Quiver- 3D coloring book app (free but with in app purchases)
A cool Kiwi company makes this colouring in app. You print off the prompts and colour them in the old fashioned way. AR brings your colouring to life. Try the pukeko.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/quiver-3d-coloring-app/id650645305?mt=8
HP Reveal- used to be known as Aurasma (free)
Make your own image prompts for videos. Here is Michael Fawcett's video showing it in action. Here is a video of how to make the prompts. Here is my example. Download Aurasma, open this link and fire it the globe in this blog post. Here is how we used Aurasma using QR codes to get the auras so you can see them on the class blog. This Christmas card Aurasma activity from Paul Hamilton shows you simply how to make an Aura.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/aurasma-lite/id432526396?mt=8
AR Flashcards ($1.29)
Download the prompt. Aim the app and you get the letters of the alphabet. You can interact with each animal letter of the alphabet.
http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/ar-flashcards-animal-alphabet/id502903392?mt=8
Google Cardboard (free)
You need Cardboard viewer for it to work. I got mine off Trade Me for under $10. This is a virtually reality experience rather than and augmented reality one but it sort of belongs on this page. You also need an iPod Touch or iPhone for viewing.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/google-cardboard/id987962261?mt=8
Google Spotlight Stories (free)
You need Cardboard viewer for it to work. Once downloaded you are prompted to download individual animations to view with Cardboard.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/google-spotlight-stories/id974739483
WWF Free Rivers (free)
This AR app, you discover a river that flows through the lives of people & wildlife, and how their homes depend on those flows. Dam the river to see what happens, and then try different options for sustainable development that keeps the river healthy and flowing
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/wwf-free-rivers/id1349935575?mt=8
Zippy (free)
Zippy is an iPad Augmented Reality app where you colour printed pages of the alphabet or objects like a whare. You then aim the iPad at the printed page and it will come alive and read aloud the sounds of the alphabet etc. It’s a bit hard to explain so I made this little video demo.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/zippys-3d-colouring-app/id1199196133?mt=8
Shapes- 3D Geometry Learning ($3.99)
Discover a fascinating world of 3D shapes like prisms, pyramids, solids. Supported by useful workplans.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/shapes-3d-geometry-learning/id501650786
iDinosaur (free)
You buy the iDinosaur book and some of the pages are prompts for this augmented reality app. You can take photos with app and encourage the dinosaurs to roar!
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/idinosaurar-extra/id642926421?mt=8
Crayola Color Alive (free but with in app purchases)
Similar to Quiver- colour the trigger and it comes alive in augmented reality. Here is the free trigger to download.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/crayola-color-alive/id939272201?mt=8
SpaceCraft 3D (free)
Impressive choice of space related auras from NASA so presumably accurate.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/spacecraft-3d/id541089908?mt=8
Sharks in the Park (free)
You need a big playing space for this one like a school playground. The idea is you run around catching fish but avoid being eaten by a shark. Here is a video to show you how to play the game.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/sharks-in-the-park/id1102581228?mt=8
These following apps do not work with iOS11 but I live in hope that they will be updated someday...
Two left Feet ($6.49)
The book will run independently as a ordinary picture book but you can download the trigger page or buy a copy of the actual book as well. I have ordered the book so can report back when it arrives. Nice animation from the trigger page already.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/two-left-feet/id663690837?mt=8
Guiness World Record 2013 (free)
You need to have this year copy of the Guiness World Record Book. Labelled pages trigger the AR app. I particularly like the shark and the parrot page but there are others!
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/guinness-world-records-2013/id555282131?mt=8
AR DinoPark (free)
Use it to take photos of your students with a dinosaur. You get one dinosaur free but by others with in app purchases. Here is my blog post of when we first used it in class.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/ar-dinopark/id482861517?mt=8
IMAG-N-O-TRON: Morris Lessmore Edition ($1:29)
If you have enjoyed the Morris Lessmore app and maybe the movie you may like to buy the actual hard cover book. When you do you aim this app at the book and each illustration leads you to a difference augmented reality experience.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/imag-n-o-tron-fantastic-flying/id534396897?mt=8
Heart of Nelson (free)
This on is only for Nelsonians as it's location based. You stand on blue markers on the footpath and point your iPhone at the locations and you get an image of how it used to be- along with some text historical information. Here is the old Post Office taken as a screen grab. Very cool.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/heart-of-nelson/id814870037?mt=8
Elements 4D (free)
Mace cubes out of elements in the periodic table. Combine them and see what they would do if you combined the elements in real life without blowing up the chem lab.
https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/elements-4d-by-daqri/id782713582?mt=8