ARMET vs HistoLogic

ARMET (Augmented Reality METabolic pathways) uses the camera to show, in augmented reality, the molecules of metabolic pathways on printed cards. Point your device at the cards: each one shows the 3D model of its molecule, and you build the pathway by answering questions. • Study Mode: step-by-step questions through glycolysis, the Krebs cycle and steroid hormone synthesis (aldosterone, cortisol, estradiol, estrone and testosterone). Tap the right molecule to move on. • Game Mode: random questions with several answers and a timer; you get a score at the end. • 53 molecules in 3D (ball and stick), from sugar phosphates to cholesterol. • The printed board works as an augmented reality menu; on-screen buttons work too. • No cards or no camera? Choose the molecules from a list with 3D thumbnails. • Classes: teachers create a class and follow their students' answers; students join with the class code. You can also use it without signing up (anonymous mode). • Portuguese, English and Spanish. The board and the cards can be printed from the Documents menu, together with a worksheet for each pathway. Developed at the Educational Technology Laboratory (LTE), Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil. Concept: Juan Carlos Vega Garzón, Márcio Luiz Magrini, Brian Cohen and Eduardo Galembeck. New version (2026) rewritten in HTML5, with its own reader for the original card markers — the 2014–2016 cards and board still work.

HistoLogic is a free study resource for people trying to learn tissue microscopy. It was designed for students in graduate medical education programs. Users of the app gain access to hundreds of high-quality images and helpful descriptions of the important cells, tissues, and structures in multiple organ systems created by faculty at University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. Explore mode allows students to learn about cells in different organs and their functions in the body. Toggle between low and high magnification images of each organ. Specialized cells are clearly highlighted, and the underlying text describes their appearance and role. The app ​also contains Time Trial mode with multiple choice questions at escalating difficulty levels. There are over 350 different questions to test your knowledge across multiple organ systems. The Time Trial questions challenge you to beat your old score with each login. The question order is randomized with each gaming session, and the app adapts to your previous play through. True histology pros can test their skill in Hot Streak mode. This mode forces you to answer all 90 questions for an organ system in a single sitting. One wrong answer boots you back to the beginning and resets the question order. Can you make it all the way to the end? Features: • View hundreds of histology images across multiple organ systems. • Toggle between high quality images at low and high-power magnification. • View hand-drawn outlines for important cells, tissues, and structures. • Examine organs and learn their important histological features with Explore mode. • Review histology questions in Time Trial mode with three difficulty settings. • Strain your brain to answer all 90 questions per organ system in a single run of Hot Streak. • Enjoy endless replays as questions order is randomized for each session. • Detailed rationale for each question is clearly described in case you answer incorrectly. • Randomization adapts to your scores; previously missed items are prioritized in later game sessions. • Additional organ systems to come.