Navigating Bookcases Using Augmented Reality Evaluating the Usability of Mobile AR Navigation Systems
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2018-06-30
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With the rapid adaptation of AR across all mobile platforms,
assessment of its usability with respect to real world situations is an
urgent subject matter. Unlike most modern interfaces, AR allows for
situated user interfaces, which are highly context dependent and
exible.
This research assesses the usability of an AR navigation system
for pedestrians, which uses
exible AR labels to support navigation. To
achieve the aforementioned, an experiment has been conducted where
participants were enquired to retrieve a specific set of books from a series
of alphabetically organised bookcases, with and without help of an
AR navigation system: the bookcase navigator. Based on user interaction
in the form of the distance to the bookcases, information altering
occurs to show the AR labels at an appropriate level of detail. The results
indicate a significant increase in the satisfaction of users, but show
a lack of any significant differences in the effectiveness, efficiency and
users' subjective assessment of the system its usability.
Keywords: Augmented Reality Mobile Augmented Reality Navigation
Systems Pedestrian Navigation Usability
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen