I definitely recall doing quite a bit of flipping pages back and forth when going through STEM textbooks in real life—often the text describing a graph is on the page preceding or following the graph, due to the realities of how the page flows. I could see an augmented reality app for physical textbooks, where you could take a picture of figure 6.3 and then pointing the camera at “Fig. 6.3” superimposes the figure over the text on your phone, or something.
Aside from AR, this doesn’t seem like it would be super useful for physical textbooks, though. Are e-textbooks commonly used (more common than physical)?
What format are most e-textbooks stored as? Is there an open-source e-reader for which a plugin could be made to do this?
I have been consistently successful at finding PDF versions of the textbooks for my classes. Kindle e-books are sometimes available, and the software prototype I’m making would work just as well with them. Potentially it could even be used via a phone camera for a hard copy of a book—that is a great idea, thanks!
I definitely recall doing quite a bit of flipping pages back and forth when going through STEM textbooks in real life—often the text describing a graph is on the page preceding or following the graph, due to the realities of how the page flows. I could see an augmented reality app for physical textbooks, where you could take a picture of figure 6.3 and then pointing the camera at “Fig. 6.3” superimposes the figure over the text on your phone, or something.
Aside from AR, this doesn’t seem like it would be super useful for physical textbooks, though. Are e-textbooks commonly used (more common than physical)?
What format are most e-textbooks stored as? Is there an open-source e-reader for which a plugin could be made to do this?
I don’t know—but it’s a cool idea.
I have been consistently successful at finding PDF versions of the textbooks for my classes. Kindle e-books are sometimes available, and the software prototype I’m making would work just as well with them. Potentially it could even be used via a phone camera for a hard copy of a book—that is a great idea, thanks!