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This paper describes a pilot study to investigate participants’ perceptions of usefulness and usability of our developed Plant Mixed Reality System (PMRS), designed for primary school children (11-12 years old). Preliminary results seemed to indicate participants’ intention to use PMRS for learning. The paper concludes with a discussion on how the findings were used to formulate a second study based on the Technology Acceptance Model, and discuss implications on intention to use and acceptance of mixed reality systems for education.
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Theng, YL., Lim Mei-Ling, C., Liu, W., Cheok, A.D. (2007). Mixed Reality Systems for Learning: A Pilot Study Understanding User Perceptions and Acceptance. In: Shumaker, R. (eds) Virtual Reality. ICVR 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4563. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73335-5_79
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