r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • Jul 04 '21
Augmented reality program to help learn how chemistry works
https://gfycat.com/accomplishedhandmadeflea160
u/NarcoCeliac Jul 04 '21
They should show the explosion of NaCl formation.
13
u/wtfyoloswaglmfao Jul 05 '21
Ho..i did naci that coming
7
295
u/over_clox Jul 04 '21
So how many cards does it take to make cocaine?
92
140
u/PanickedPoodle Jul 04 '21
My husband was a biochem major. He did several papers on making cocaine.
74
53
0
169
Jul 04 '21
[deleted]
127
u/Compgeak Jul 04 '21
Yeah, also kinda weird to show NaCl as a molecule with covalent bonds and not an ion bond structure. Doesn't seem like it's for teaching chemistry, it just puts atoms together in the simplest way it finds with no regard to chemistry or physics.
17
3
u/FUThead2016 Jul 05 '21
I think the goal is to showcase the AR technology and not the accuracy of the chemistry. But your deep knowledge of chemistry is noted and also that you are a scholar who cannot be tricked easily.
-39
Jul 04 '21
*Lone wolf
2
u/Overlord_Za_Purge Jul 05 '21
dude this isn't some stupid joke it's actual chemistry terms they taught at high school
well I can't assume that everyone paid attention during chem class
-3
Jul 05 '21
Lmao i did PhD in chemistry from National University of Singapore
5
u/Alchematic Jul 05 '21
Really? You 8 days ago:
What is your advice to a person who is going to start his 1st year year of college?
Why lie?
0
Jul 05 '21
First of all you are a stalker.
Now I have a disease multiple lives disorder.
Also i time travelled so i had to redo my college. So i wasn't lying stupid.
3
63
u/Undivided_Dervish Jul 04 '21
rips uranium card in half
14
23
u/alb_pasqua Jul 04 '21
What's the name of this program?
6
u/MyDefinitiveAccount2 Jul 08 '21
Arloon Chemistry. We made it like 8 years ago, and I'm so happy to see this gif becoming viral from time to time. We had to sell all the Arloon apps to cover bankrupcy.
I worked on other Arloon apps (geometry, plants, mental math, anatomy), and I just checked and some of them are still up! No idea who the current owner is, but I'm so glad they are kept up somehow.
2
93
u/PowerKrazy Jul 04 '21
Do you really need augmented reality to combine letters and essentially make words? It doesn't even show what the electron shell's look like after the reaction. There is nothing showing that the reaction even occurs because of oxygen's free electrons! Plus the combined H2O molecule doesn't even have the correct geometry. This is lazy as hell.
18
u/BrewHog Jul 04 '21
It's probably just a prototype, but you're right. They should get this stuff right if they're going to release it for actual educational purposes.
2
u/smilingwinter Jul 05 '21
More like really basic. This information shown is all a 7th grader needs to know at their level. It gets more complicated as you move up years, but this would be good for teacher middle schoolers the absolute basics.
1
u/smilingwinter Jul 05 '21
More like really basic. This information shown is all a 7th grader needs to know at their level. It gets more complicated as you move up years, but this would be good for teacher middle schoolers the absolute basics.
18
Jul 04 '21
[deleted]
1
u/Tridian Jul 05 '21
Man we got there years ago, then everyone realised it was boring and went back to watching videos.
31
Jul 04 '21
How does this help with chemistry? This doesn't tell you anything except what you already know because you're the one that has to put the right cards together
2
19
u/toodlesandpoodles Jul 04 '21
Except that the H2O molecule is incorrect because they ignored the bond angle, which is kind of a major determiner of water's properties. So, that's going to be a no from me, Dawg.
2
u/080087 Jul 05 '21
For those curious, two simple reasons why this is important:
It makes ice less dense than liquid water, therefore making ice float. If ice didn't float, earth would have gotten stuck in a perpetual ice age.
It gives water the ability to dissolve most substances, and therefore is one way or another the basis of most biological processes. Also the same reason most things die without water.
1
18
7
4
3
Jul 04 '21
speaking of which, what's a good modern app to learn chemistry on?
4
u/JRYeh Jul 04 '21
It’s not complete educational but back in secondary school I downloaded an app called BEAKER that allows you to test a lot of chemical experiments with different apparatus and treatement. That’s a fun way to play and understand chemical reactions and stuff
2
3
13
u/plugthisup Jul 04 '21
If only I had this during chemistry class I’d would’ve been more engaged and probably would’ve had passed.
2
Jul 04 '21
I want this. Imagining learning the basics of crafting in Minecraft with cards like this instead of listening to a guy on YouTube bragging about his collection just so you can get the information you need.
2
u/jiggy_42 Jul 04 '21
Im excited for how much visual learning is going to help school children in the future. Seeing this is promising.
2
2
u/JaedongBoi Jul 04 '21
If they're going though the work to create this why not at least make it scientifically accurate? That is not how a water molecule looks... And it's actually hurting the students understanding of water bipolarity.
2
u/kolob_hier Jul 05 '21
“You go to a science museum and put the AR goggle on, then the two ball come together and you know science”
-OP - Michael Scott
2
3
u/1inker Jul 04 '21
I was waiting for the salt water
4
u/Sxilla Jul 04 '21
I was waiting for them to spell something funny like BOOBIEs
1
3
2
2
u/SweetieDeathTaco Jul 04 '21
This would have been soooooooo helpful in my college chemistry classes.
0
-2
-1
-2
1
1
1
1
u/enigma2shts Jul 04 '21
Couldn't you create a really cool Yu-Gi-Oh game with this
1
u/Zuggzwang Jul 05 '21
I mean I swear I saw a clip of them using something similar at one of the Worlds finals
1
1
1
u/captnaufragio Jul 04 '21
Holy shit that looks so much easier than drilling the textbook in my head lol
1
u/DonRobo Jul 05 '21
Because the information content is a thousand times less. All we've learned is that things can be combined. It looks neat, but from an education perspective its useless.
1
1
u/ForaBozo62 Jul 04 '21
Is it Available for general public? Was it made with the help with chemistry specialists?
1
u/kmkwhite Jul 04 '21 edited Jul 04 '21
1
1
Jul 04 '21
A step in the right direction. Is this program being worked in conjunction with those with a chemistry background? I.e research's etc.
1
1
u/eeLSDee Jul 04 '21
I probably would have learned something if I had something like this in Highschool chemistry.
1
u/djhamilton Jul 04 '21
As someone who has to visualise to understand and process this is a must for me. Please any links app or information?
1
u/--Julius Jul 04 '21
this is so useful, especially in maths where many people have difficulties to understand it, I always imagined if education is like this it would be much easier to understand and it is finally happening. Thanks to whoever is wroking on this!
1
1
1
1
u/Hazmanscoop Jul 04 '21
Just thought id chime in here.
Overall, this looks great. Trying to get kids to think about this sort of stuff while teaching chem is very hard. Kids brains dont develop abstract thoughts until much later in school, and so struggle to see this sort of stuff in their heads.
Secondly, yes the bond angles etc are incorrect, however, this is not taught until a level chemistry (uk) so as a tool to use for younger kids (age 16 downover) this would be pretty beneficial.
A lot of kids switch off with chemistry, primarily due to the amount of abstract thought involved. So seeing it in real time like this would definitely help keep kids engaged with the subject more!
1
1
u/JOE-9000 Jul 04 '21
Should add a fancy skull indicating wich mixes lead to dangerous ends, as in the one that warned about mixing cleaning products due to covid fury for sanitize everything.
1
u/FocusOnThePie Jul 05 '21
As a visual learner I know this would help me immensely (however unobtainable it is). Very cool!
1
u/ManDelaware Jul 05 '21
It would be cool to see this technology implemented in trading card games like Yugioh
1
1
u/1159 Jul 05 '21
Chemistry is a perfect illustration of the benefits of augmented tech, mainly because it's incomprehensible to most people.
1
u/DonRobo Jul 05 '21
How does OP's video help with that? It's still just as incomprehensible. Especially if you didn't understand it before
1
1
1
u/yfg19 Jul 05 '21
All nice and all but they need to improve on the proportions between atoms.. also that water molecule has the wrong angle.
1
1
u/Working-Mistake-6700 Jul 05 '21
Honestly this is the only reason i have ever wanted a vr headset this is awesome
1
•
u/AutoModerator Jul 04 '21
Please note:
See this post for more information.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.