Mobile Augmented Reality Coloring Sheets Development for Dengue Awareness

Abstract

Many of the tropical and subtropical regions of the world are facing significant socioeconomic concerns. In relation to this they face the spread of dengue fever. From the populations of Southeast Asia and Western Pacific regions, Asia remains disproportionately affected by 75% of the dengue infection. Thus, it has become a major challenge to the public health because of the worldwide spread and the dramatic increase in dengue cases particularly in the Asian region. Even though, action has been taken by the government and community, to combat the diseases through media campaign and other activities, the lack of knowledge such as understanding the life cycle and breeding of a mosquito may result in less effective mosquito control measures. Taking the advantages of augmented reality (AR) technology using marker-based will be able to facilitate the visualization and integration of information by displaying it directly to the user’s view. This study aims to edutain school aged children about the mosquito breeding. The total participants involved in this survey were 86 standard 6 students from public schools. The results show that the scores for all scales in UEQ tools represent a positive evaluation describing a pragmatic quality aspect (efficiency, perspicuity, dependability) with a value of 1.26, hedonic quality (stimulation and novelty) with a value of 1.50 and attractiveness with a value of 1.57. Alpha coefficients are 1.570 for attractiveness, 1.302 for perspicuity, 1.279 for efficiency, 1.186 for dependability, 1.750 for stimulation and 1.244 for novelty. The value of attractiveness and stimulation give the highest scale in the results. This showed that users have found that the overall impression of the application is attractive, exciting and motivate them to use it. This suggested that the use of AR application can assist students understanding because it provides a dynamic visualization to support learning. Thus, able to create awareness in the early prevention of dengue control.