AbstractThis research aims to assist the educational institutions, teachers and students for the
selection of augmented reality (AR) educational applications. Educational institutions face
the challenge of evaluating and selecting educational AR applications particularly.
Therefore, the main problem is the appropriate selection of instructional augmented reality
applications. Framework was proposed to aid the educational institutions in selection and
ranking the available AR educational applications to select the best one. Improper selection
decisions may cause educational institutions to lose time, effort, and financial costs. The
evaluation and benchmarking of AR educational applications are challenging because of
the multiple conflicting evaluation criteria. This study constructed a decision matrix (DM)
based on the crossover of the ‘three evaluation perspectives (usability, immersing and user
perspective) with ‘six AR educational applications’. The matrix was evaluated usin.....