Augment Reality with HP Reveal

The Tool

HP Reveal (Formerly Aurasma)

About the Tool

HP Reveal makes it easy for anyone to create and use Augmented Reality without needing to code. Users can create content by using the HP Reveal Studio. All you need is a trigger image (the image that users will scan - which you can create) and the overlay (what will appear when scanned - can be a video or image).  People simply need to open the Reveal app to view content.

Jargon alert:  An aura is an experience you create within HP reveal.

How to Use the Tool

To Create Auras

1. Create an HP Reveal account
2. Log in to your account
3. Start creating Auras in Reveal Studio 
4. Deliver your Auras to users

To Access Auras

1. Download the HP Reveal app in the App Store or Google Play
2. Follow the creator of the Aura
3. In the app, scan the image and watch it come to life.

Why I like it

Augmented Reality can engage the learner and allows learners to delve deeper into the material at hand.  And, let’s be honest, there is some novelty with it!

Three uses in education

1. Create Auras for common instructions (i.e, how to use the photocopier).  Link a logo to an image that will play a how-to video.
2. Have students create book talks/trailers that are accessed when the cover of a novel is scanned.
3. Have students create Auras to talk about art they have created that is displayed around the school.

This post is part of my annual NaBloWriMo exercise wherein I  write a blog post every work day in November.