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CodeCubes: Coding with Augmented Reality

Authors Bárbara Cleto , Cristina Sylla , Luís Ferreira , João Martinho Moura

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  • Computing methodologies → Mixed / augmented reality
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  • Tangible Interfaces
  • Augmented Reality
  • Computational Thinking
  • Games

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Abstract

CodeCubes is interface that uses Augmented Reality to stimulate Computational Thinking in young students. The visual programming blocks are replaced by paper cubes that have an Augmented Reality marker on each face. Each marker represents a programming instruction. The game is composed of three levels. It consists of programming a car course in a racetrack, driving from the start to the final goal.
Code Cubes takes advantage of the physicality offered by Augmented Reality technology. We present the design and development of the game, focusing on its main characteristics and describing the various development stages. We also present the first results obtained by exploring Code Cubes. The results were positive, showing the potential of Augmented Reality interfaces in learning scenarios.

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Bárbara Cleto, Cristina Sylla, Luís Ferreira, and João Martinho Moura. CodeCubes: Coding with Augmented Reality. In First International Computer Programming Education Conference (ICPEC 2020). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 81, pp. 7:1-7:9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2020) https://doi.org/10.4230/OASIcs.ICPEC.2020.7

Author Details

Bárbara Cleto
  • Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave (IPCA), Barcelos, Portugal
Cristina Sylla
  • Research Centre on Child Studies Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal
Luís Ferreira
  • 2Ai, School of Technology, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave (IPCA), Barcelos, Portugal
João Martinho Moura
  • Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave (IPCA), Barcelos, Portugal

Funding

This work was partly founded by Portuguese national funds (PIDDAC), through the FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and FCT/MCTES under the scope of the project UIDB/05549/2020.

Acknowledgements

We are thankful to the students who collaborated in the creation and implementation of CodeCubes, as well as the students of the Club of Programming and Robotics for testing Codecubes and for the improvement suggestions that they presented.

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