CollidAR

AR Mobile App

Because of COVID-19, millions of kids, specifically in underprivileged communities, lost valuable years of education, a phenomenon known as the “COVID-slide.” When the NWEA reported that students returned in 2020 with less than 50% of the learning gains in STEM subjects relative to a typical school year, I wondered, can I use AR to help? CollidAR is an Augmented Reality app to teach students introductory physics concepts like gravity, force, acceleration, and energy. When you open up the app, you can select a physics property you would like to test, which will navigate you to another page with specifications. Users can modify what type of AR model is tested, its mass, size, color, metallic properties, and more. CollidAR gives students a way to try out difficult-to-understand physics concepts in a detailed environment non-replicable in real life. Through the app, I hope physics will be more fun and easier to learn for students.