Physics AR

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  Screenshot of the point particles projected onto the floor

Inspiration

We both took physics in high school and felt the experience, especially related to electricity and magnetism, lacks tangible demos which make other forms of physics easy to understand.

What it does

Physics AR takes the concept of point charges and electric field lines and brings them to the real world. Through the use of augmented reality, a teacher hosts a room, where he or she can create charged particles on flat surfaces like tables or the floor. Students can join the room and view how the particles interact in 3D space.

How we built it

The app was built using Android. The AR library that we used was Google ARCore. The backend that we used was Google Firebase Realtime Database.

Challenges we ran into

We never had any experience with AR before, so learning how ARCore works was very challenging. We ran into a lot of issues with hosting the Cloud Anchor API and then resolving the APIs. Once those issues were resolved, everything ran relatively smoothly.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We never had any experience with AR before and we managed to build a functioning app.

What we learned

We learned how to work with Google ARCore and Google Firebase.

What's next for PhysicsAR

Other concepts in physics like thermodynamics. Maybe add concepts like chemistry or mathematics.

Built With

• android
• arcore
• google-cloud
• google-firebase
• java