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Holographic application of endemic origami animals from the galápagos islands that self-folds

Abstract:

This paper presents the development and validation of a mobile application that explains the fauna of the Galapagos Islands through a 3D holographic visualization technique. The three-dimensional figures are step-by-step self-fold using the Japanese Origami technique. In this way, the user can see how a piece of paper takes life and becomes, by itself, in complex figures of endemic animals of the Galapagos. Complementary to this, the application teaches about relevant aspects of the natural environment where such species live. In this way, the present work presents two main objectives which complement each other. The first one is to create a useful 3d holographic visualization mobile application based on a development engineering process. The application teaches to the secondary students about the endemic animals of the Galapagos Islands. Thus, the motor and creative skills are reinforced through the origami technique by following the steps shown in the 3d holographic visualization. The final product is a holistic design based on the (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) STEAM model. The latter is the basis on which this work has been developed. For this reason, the second main objective is to validate the competency indicators and the students attitude generated through this educational convergent model. STEAM combines the learning of these species as part of the Natural Sciences through cutting-edge technologies such as holography. The application development followed a process of Software Engineering which allowed incorporating one of the oldest arts such as Origami as the basis for the construction of figures. Moreover, Mathematics also has an essential role in the design of the prism which together to the screen of a mobile device allows the 3D visualization. The validation of the application was carried out with a sample of 19 students of permanent courses offered by the Ecuadorian Origami Association. The obtained results demonstrated that the incorporation of the holographic visualization technique reinforces the learning process and enriches the experience of the user. The application achieved 93.7% of satisfaction, the effectiveness was 88.3%, and 82.2% in efficiency.