In the information age, augmented reality has entered a period of rapid development, widely used in various fields. This paper is meant to firstly state the application status of AR in the field of education briefly and then summarize three types of teaching tools based on augmented reality: head-mounted AR, desktop AR and mobile AR. After comparing the three types of AR applications, taking the three views in the mathematics textbook of middle school as all example, the study designs and develops a mobile augmented reality software "Exploring the Three Views" to supplement class teaching, enc...