We present an interactive Multimedia Augmented Reality Interface for E-Learning (MARIE). In this paper, we primarily discuss its application for Engineering Education in order to enhance traditional teaching and learning methods, but it is equally applicable to other areas. We have developed and implemented a user-friendly interface, to experimentally explore the potential of augmented reality by superimposing Virtual Multimedia Content (VMC) information in an AR tabletop environment, e.g. a student desk workspace. The user can interact with the VMC that is composed of three-dimensional objects, images, animations, text (ASCII or three-dimensional) and sound. To prove the feasibility of the system only a small part of the teaching material was digitised and some experimental results are presented.

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