現在的兒童成長在一個數位視覺媒體充斥的世代,各個新穎資訊媒體型態不斷的推出,網路與電腦解決了人們工作時在空間與時間上的限制,成為團隊之間分時分工作業的工具,但也讓兒童與兒童之間的互動討論多了電腦介面的阻隔。此外資訊科技軟體介面日驅複雜的功能,增加了兒童在使用時的困難度。 擴增實境技術可以將虛擬的資訊或物件顯示於所特定的位置上,讓虛擬世界的資訊可以跟現實與物件結合,擴增實境的操作方式亦具直覺性,以擴增實境的操作方式可代替滑鼠或鍵盤複雜的輸入方式,讓兒童更容易的使用,並得到更真實的感受,體驗新的互動方式。 本研究嘗試將擴增實境技術運用在電腦輔助合作工作,讓兒童能以更直覺的操作方式進行討論與溝通,營造一個多人使用與人機介面的操作環境。本研究以3D動畫製作為例,運用擴增實境技術使兒童能夠以直覺性的方式操作介面,使用上更加簡易且自然,透過同儕的互動討論,能夠自由發揮創造力。
The children are surrounded by diversified and overwhelming media and content of the digital world. While internet and computers help people to solve problems for team works by eliminating the barriers of space and time, they also produce new prob-lems such as the interface complexity of modern digital tools and improper usabil¬ity for children. Augmented reality is able to combine the image of physical objects and virtual information in the same digital environment. The intuitive interface and enhanced usabil¬ity of augmented reality provide new and interesting interaction experience for children. In this study, augmented reality is design to embed in a com¬puter-supported collaborative working system to aid children to produce 3D anima¬tion. Children can learn to create their animation collaboratively. The interface is easy to operate and learn. Through the interesting way of team work, it is observed that the children are more willing to work cooperatively and become more creative.