Augmented Reality Technology As One Of The Media In Therapy For Children With Special Needs

Learning is a need that must be fulfilled by each human. However, in its development, each human is facing a difference from one to each other. Say, in real life, there are some children with a growth different from the condition in common. The difference in this growth is called with the condition of children with special needs. The existence of children with special needs requires a special treatment. A variety of the methods are used to help children with special needs to growth optimally. The development of computer technology has provided a new breakthrough in helping the children with special needs in improving their motoric ability. One of the breakthroughs used is the development of Medical Rehabilitation Tool by using the augmented reality technology. This technology is able to give a new experience for its user in that the users can directly interact with the virtual objects so as to be able to increase the perception in understanding a form of an object. In this research, the process of testing on the usability of the application to 30 respondents was performed consisting of medical rehabilitation staffs for the speech therapy and occupational therapy. The test on the usability covered the test of Usefulness, Ease of Use, Ease of Learning and Satisfaction. The results of the test from the usefulness aspect showed the result of 81.06%, the aspect of Ease of Use showed the result of 79.13%, the aspect of Ease of Learning showed the result of 78.70% and the aspect of Satisfaction showed the result of 78.40%. With those results obtained, the respondents agreed that the level of usability from the application can help children with special needs to study.