Developing Augmented Reality book for deaf in science: The determining factors

Augmented Reality book is one of augmented reality applications. Augmented reality is a current technology which is based on visually oriented technique. Its visual capability is useful in many applications such as in teaching abstract concepts in learning Science. This article is a part of continuous work in the development of AR book for deaf students. This paper describes the investigation conducted in identifying the determining factors in designing the AR book for deaf students. The qualitative approaches such as observation and interaction techniques were conducted with three deaf students. From the observation and interaction, the researcher found that they preferred to use sign language video compared to text. The students preferred English text to Malay text and they preferred to watch the Whole Communication sign language video instead of the American Sign Language video. However, their performance was not so much different in their given answer. This prompted the researcher to design and develop an AR-Book called AR-SiD in two languages; Bahasa Malaysia and English. The designed AR-SiD is aimed to enhance the understanding of deaf students in learning Microorganisms topic in Science.