XR Design Framework for Early Childhood Education

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2601.18979v1
• Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:32:35 GMT
• Title: XR Design Framework for Early Childhood Education
• Authors: Supriya Khadka, Sanchari Das,
• Abstract summary: Extended Reality in early childhood education presents high-risk challenges due to children's rapid developmental changes.<n>While augmented and virtual reality offer immersive pedagogical benefits, they often impose excessive cognitive load or sensory conflict.<n>We introduce the Augmented Human Development framework to model these interactions through cognitive, sensory, environmental, and developmental parameters.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Extended Reality in early childhood education presents high-risk challenges due to children's rapid developmental changes. While augmented and virtual reality offer immersive pedagogical benefits, they often impose excessive cognitive load or sensory conflict. We introduce the Augmented Human Development (AHD) framework to model these interactions through cognitive, sensory, environmental, and developmental parameters. To ground this framework, we conducted a Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) of 111 peer-reviewed studies involving children aged 3 - 8. Our findings, interpreted through the AHD lens, reveal a critical "risk vs. attention gap," where high-impact safety and security risks remain under-researched compared to short-term pedagogical gains.

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