Navigio and universities: navigation in your pocket

Universities are facing new challenges: not only do they need to provide convenient campus navigation, but they also need to create a digital environment that can increase student engagement, simplify interaction with the administration, and make learning more interactive. Navigio, an augmented reality (AR) navigation platform developed in Russia, comes to the rescue.

Navigio is more than just navigation

Navigio is a mobile application with AR navigation and an administrative platform that allows you to change augmented reality elements in real time without programming skills. The app detects the user's location, visualizes routes inside buildings and open spaces, provides contextual information about objects and offers interactive quests, audio guides and personalized routes. Navigio opens up a whole range of opportunities for Russian universities, solving pressing problems on several levels at once.

Navigio a step towards a smart university

For students, the application becomes an indispensable assistant in adapting to the campus: it is especially important for freshmen, applicants and guests of the university, who need to quickly and stress-free find the right buildings, classrooms, libraries or dining halls. Taking into account the peculiarities of the schedule, the system builds personalized routes, which makes moving around the campus as convenient as possible. In addition, thanks to augmented reality technology, students can get contextual information about facilities, learn about the university's history, and meet faculty members through 3D models and audio guides. Gamified elements such as quests and collecting virtual “partner coins” not only make the educational process more exciting, but also encourage active participation in the academic and extracurricular life of the university.
For teachers, Navigio is a tool that allows them to demonstrate scientific developments in augmented reality format, making them understandable and visual for a wide audience. Open information about laboratories, projects and research helps to engage students in scientific work. Students see not only the names of professors in the schedule, but also their scientific works, grants, and publications, which increases involvement in scientific activities.
In addition, having faculty profiles with their publications and accomplishments in the system increases credibility and academic prestige among both students and potential applicants.

AR presentation of the campus, available in five languages, makes the university accessible and understandable for international students. Reduced costs for printed materials and a 6-11% reduction in information service costs helps optimize the budget, while the rapid integration of the system — from three days and within a day, if necessary — allows the solution to be launched promptly at any time. At the same time, built-in analytical tools allow you to assess student behavior, manage flows and identify congestion zones, which simplifies the organization of both everyday logistics and large events.

Quick start-up, minimal investments

Navigio offers universities to implement the project with minimal investment: the university pays only for the production of visual scan markers for navigation, the rest - development, digitization, platform setup and support - is provided free of charge. This is especially advantageous when budgets are tight and the need for digitalization is high. Navigio also offers the creation of a custom-designed mobile app fully adapted to the needs of the HEI, or the seamless integration of a navigation module into an existing HEI app with full functionality.

The use of augmented reality is not a tribute to fashion. It is a real tool for increasing the efficiency of interaction between students, faculty and administration!
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