The Development of 3D Model Application for Learning about Basic Chemistry Laboratory Equipment using Augmented Reality Techniques

Abstract

The research aimed to 1) design 3D model application for learning about basic chemistry laboratory equipment using augmented reality techniques, 2) develop 3D model application for learning about basic chemistry laboratory equipment using augmented reality techniques in chemistry courses, and 3) measure the performance of 3D model application for learning about basic chemistry laboratory equipment using augmented reality techniques. The scope of the study covered 40 pieces of basic equipment in chemistry laboratory, which were separated into two groups; six pieces of chemical protective equipment and 34 pieces of experimental equipment. The software used for developing was the C programing language. The development tools were Unity 3D and SQLite database. The research instrument was a five-rating scale questionnaire. The subjects in the study were 50 users. The statistics used in data analysis were man, percentage, and standard deviation. The research found that: 1) the design of the application and the instruction manual could be achieved according to the users’ requirement, 2) the results of the development of the applications could be achieved within the specified scope of the study, and 3) the results of the application performance evaluation by 50 users revealed that the efficiency of the 3D model application performance was at a high level with mean = 4.15 and deviation score = 0.63. The satisfaction towards the application was also at a high level with mean = 4.21 and deviation score= 0.65.