LightUp

LightUp offers an AR-based system for teaching kids electronics by allowing them to build projects and 'see' the components in action.

LightUp is an AR-based system for teaching electronics by allowing kids to build little projects and “see” what the components are doing using augmented reality. The projects snap together with magnets and you can send juice through the circuit to light up LEDs and turn on buzzers. However, when you take a picture of the circuit with your phone, LightUp adds animated lines to show you what the electricity is doing. While it’s not particularly useful for simple circuits – there’s not much going on – it’s particularly cool in that it tells you when your diodes are aligned wrong or your transistors aren’t working.