AR marker scanning
Point the rear camera at any printed marker. Pose estimation and plane detection lock in under a second, and the workbench anchors to the surface — not to the screen.
New Workbench 2.4 · four learning phases
Signal Verse AR turns an abstract syllabus into something you can walk around. Scan a printed marker with your iPhone and a live signal workbench rises off the desk — change the frequency, push the amplitude, watch the waveform answer back.
Frequency
3.5 Hz
Amplitude
0.72
Period
0.29 s
Waveform
Sine
Piloted in electronics and communications departments
Why it exists
A student can recite that wavelength is inversely proportional to frequency and still have never seen it happen. Textbook diagrams are frozen. Lab oscilloscopes are shared, queued for, and gone by the time the idea lands.
Signal Verse AR puts a working instrument in every pocket. The wave is right there on the desk, it responds while you are still holding the slider, and the next question is asked the moment the intuition forms.
Read the full storyCapabilities
Nine building blocks that carry a student from their first scan to a verifiable certificate.
Point the rear camera at any printed marker. Pose estimation and plane detection lock in under a second, and the workbench anchors to the surface — not to the screen.
Floating glass panels around a live plot: readouts, controls and waveform selectors, all positioned in the space above the marker so nothing hides the instrument.
Drag from 0.5 Hz to 8 Hz and watch period and wavelength update in the same frame.
Push past the ceiling and the crests flatten. Clipping stops being a definition and starts being a thing you caused.
Composite, modulated, square and noisy signals — toggle harmonics on and off to see what each one contributes.
Five to six questions per phase, each with a written explanation that appears the moment you answer.
Daily minutes, streaks, per-phase best scores and a completion ring that fills as you clear each stage.
Nine badges tied to real behaviour — first scan, a perfect quiz, five matched target waves.
Clear all four phases and a certificate is issued with a unique ID anyone can check.
The journey
Every step is designed to take under two minutes so nothing stands between a student and the idea.
Step 01
Install Signal Verse AR from the App Store. 62 MB, iOS 18 and later, no account needed to look around.
Step 02
Use your college email or Apple ID. Progress syncs across every device you study on.
Step 03
Print the marker sheet or open it on a second screen. The scanner locks on and confirms which phase it belongs to.
Step 04
Plane detection anchors the workbench to the surface. Walk around it — the instrument stays put.
Step 05
Sliders, waveform types and a guided experiment that asks you to match a target before you may continue.
Step 06
Each phase ends in a quiz. Score 60% or more to unlock the next one; your best attempt is the one that counts.
Step 07
A certificate with a unique verification ID, ready to download, share or attach to a portfolio.
Frequency
3.5 Hz
Amplitude
0.72
Live waveform
AR experience
The pipeline runs entirely on the device. A fiducial marker gives the camera a known reference; pose estimation places the origin; plane detection finds the desk. From there the workbench is world-anchored, so you can lean in, step back and circle it.
Curriculum
Each one introduces a concept, proves it in AR, then tests it. Nothing unlocks early.
Frequency, period and wavelength. Project a reference wave and watch crests compress as you climb the slider.
Energy, gain staging and clipping. Push the meter into the red and the waveform tells you exactly what happened.
Face-shape mapping in AR. 68 landmarks unroll into a single feature trace — the same idea behind real recognition systems.
Harmonics, Nyquist and noise. Everything returns at once, then the final assessment closes the course.
Try it now
Every screen, every transition, every quiz — a working iPhone 17 Pro Max prototype with no install and no sign-up. Thirty-plus screens, all reachable.
My second-years have always been able to do the arithmetic. What they could not do was picture it. Ten minutes with the workbench and half the class was arguing about clipping without being asked to.
Dr. Ritu Kaushik
Signals & Systems · Electronics Department
Get started
Open the prototype to see the full app, or talk to us about running a pilot with your department this semester.