The Implementation of Augmented Reality onthe Internet of Things for Virtual Learning in Higher Education
Authors:   Honorary Research Associate, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Operations and Quality Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, 4000, Durban South Africa, Aroba Oluwasegun Julius 
Published: February 2025

Purpose–This article investigatesthe potential of augmented reality (AR) for virtual learning in higher education. This review discusses the advantages as well as disadvantages of virtual learning, as well as the advantages and functions of augmented reality in digital literacy on innovative education. With the launch of electronic literacy about two years ago during the COVID-19 epidemic, considerable changes in literacy and tuition methods in higher education have previously occurred. It has become clear that virtual literacy issues arefar worse than actual literacy issues. To meet the needs of today's scholars and establish novel tutoring approaches, educational institutions must implement new literacy technology, such as augmented reality. By implementing nascent literacy technology, this investigation hopes to lead to a better comprehension of stoked reality in virtual literacy for advanced education researchers.

Method–The goal of this essay is to investigatethe use of augmented reality in higher education for virtual learning. The moderate category of this technology will also be investigated. Head-mounted displays are occasionally used in conjunction with real-world environments or props, such as when simulating takeoff on a motion platform; however, augmented reality makes reading and teaching methods far more accessible.

Results–Similarly, a use case was created to demonstrate the student journey using stoked reality software on the mobile device to fantasize, comprehend, and make learning more accessible for students to engage with their environment.

Conclusion–Augmented reality has the potential to identify educational surroundings as far more accurate, acceptable, more unifying than digital illiteracy. Increased reality technology affects literacy and the higher education system. It possesses the possibility of increasing the approachability and accessibility of literacy sources in team and personal study.

Recommendations–Tosuccessfully integrate augmented reality into the Internet of Things for virtual learning in higher education, organizations need to put a high priority on staff development, make significant infrastructure investments, and foster cross-disciplinary collaboration.

PracticalImplications–Higher education institutions should prioritize data security and ethical issues while simultaneously investing in faculty development and AR-IoT infrastructure.

Keywords–electronic literacy, virtual learningenvironment, augmented realityin education, scope quality effort risk timing, higher educationINTRODUCTIONThe modern world is impossible to imagine without digital technologies that permeate all spheres of human activity, specifically in education. Modern students are young people who belong to Generation Z, and thus, many students require digital visual reproduction to understand the educational material. To strengthen the educational process inHigher Education Institutions (HEI), it is essential to increase students' enthusiasm and interest in using modern teaching aids (Gurenvych et al.,2021).When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, about two years ago, virtual learning was introduced. It became a new normal way for lecturers and students to teach and attend class via MS Teams or other platforms without any experience navigating the virtual learning environment. So according to Tabiri et al. (2022), various challenges or responsibilities are related to the application of comparable knowledge and training. Digital learning challenges are substantially more severe than face-to-face learning problems, such as abstract untruthfulness, condensed common aspects of learning, a lack of applied sensorimotor correlations, complications sustaining scholars' contemplation,